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I think there should be a "prepper" kit with a durable laptop loaded with wikipedia, spreadsheet, CAD program, videos on survival, repair, whatever else. Maybe
by ericb 7y ago
I think there should be a "prepper" kit with a durable laptop loaded with wikipedia, spreadsheet, CAD program, videos on survival, repair, whatever else. Maybe thingiverse local copies, a 3d printer and a couple square feet of solar panels and batteries to power it all. Keep it all inside a metal case for a faraday cage.
- m463 7y agoNot all of it, but there was a device that was basically a "portable wikipedia" about 10 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiReader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiReader eventually we will have the device you describe... (aka the cornucopia machine from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Sky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_Sky)
- sincerely 7y agoHow useful would Wikipedia be in a post-apocalyptic situation? I feel like everything else you've mentioned is like, 2 orders of magnitude more important, and any sort of book on survival (even something like "how to survive a zombie apocalypse" or whatever) would beat Wikipedia in terms of usefulness.
- ericb 7y agoI think you could get basic metallurgy, rocks, minerals, factory techniques, description of various machines, motors, engines, pumps and irrigation, stills, solar stills, horticulture, animal husbandry and other things from wikipedia at a level that would be useful. Things like "is this plant edible" are potentially useful.
- sincerely 7y agoI see where you're coming from. I just feel like so much of wikipedia is pop culture and history (I could be wrong though, I have no idea how to check this) that there would probably be a much more efficient resource for a post-apocalyptic scenario.