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Survival skills. Global warming, unprecedented fires, coronavirus, rise of fascism, and on and on we go.

unnouinceput 7y ago
you'll die within a month if modern society collapses. Just focus on making a difference on current society instead of becoming a fatalist.
- JoeAltmaier 7y ago
  Some will. Some of us already live relatively independent lives. Not a lot, to be sure. And it can hardly be done in a city.
  - unnouinceput 7y ago
    Agree, some will. But none of HN crowd. We'll all die, me, you, him.
    - JoeAltmaier 7y ago
      Well, not me. That's my point. I live in a well-stocked rural setting with independent food, water, energy.
      - unnouinceput 7y ago
        walls? moat? traps? guns and a lot of ammo? because you answer "no" to any of that, your well-stocked rural setting going to be visited by the hoards fleeing from city and depleted in a week, leaving you to die of starvation in next 3. So that month I was talking about, still going to happen
        JoeAltmaier 7y ago
        Well, not to reveal too much, but we're not going to be giving anything away to the 'hoards'.
- jeromegv 7y ago
  There's "modern society collapse" and there's "a 5 day blackout in a city", most people are not even prepared for #2, it doesn't hurt to plan for that.
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- mcv 7y ago
  If society collapses that badly, I'll probably move to my brother-in-law's farm. Farms are generally the best place to be when society collapses.
  - bluGill 7y ago
    Most farms depends on big tractors - if society collapse they will have a lot of food rotting in the field unless humans get out there and deal with it by hand. You won't like your lifestyle, but if you can get to a remote farm (remote is key - you need to get away from labor competition) you can do okay.
- radiator 7y ago
  Why are you calling him a fatalist? He plans to survive. You are in reality the fatalist, for saying he'll die within a month.
Dumblydorr 7y ago
What skills specifically would you recommend?

you'll die within a month if modern society collapses. Just focus on making a difference on current society instead of becoming a fatalist.

JoeAltmaier 7y ago
Some will. Some of us already live relatively independent lives. Not a lot, to be sure. And it can hardly be done in a city.
- unnouinceput 7y ago
  Agree, some will. But none of HN crowd. We'll all die, me, you, him.
  - JoeAltmaier 7y ago
    Well, not me. That's my point. I live in a well-stocked rural setting with independent food, water, energy.
    - unnouinceput 7y ago
      walls? moat? traps? guns and a lot of ammo? because you answer "no" to any of that, your well-stocked rural setting going to be visited by the hoards fleeing from city and depleted in a week, leaving you to die of starvation in next 3. So that month I was talking about, still going to happen
      - JoeAltmaier 7y ago
        Well, not to reveal too much, but we're not going to be giving anything away to the 'hoards'.
jeromegv 7y ago
There's "modern society collapse" and there's "a 5 day blackout in a city", most people are not even prepared for #2, it doesn't hurt to plan for that.
- deleted 7y ago
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mcv 7y ago
If society collapses that badly, I'll probably move to my brother-in-law's farm. Farms are generally the best place to be when society collapses.
- bluGill 7y ago
  Most farms depends on big tractors - if society collapse they will have a lot of food rotting in the field unless humans get out there and deal with it by hand. You won't like your lifestyle, but if you can get to a remote farm (remote is key - you need to get away from labor competition) you can do okay.
radiator 7y ago
Why are you calling him a fatalist? He plans to survive. You are in reality the fatalist, for saying he'll die within a month.

Dumblydorr 7y ago

What skills specifically would you recommend?