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"simple" is a strong requirement. I don't know how to make anything of most things proposed!!! If we were thrown to the Earth 10000 years ago, we would be able

"simple" is a strong requirement. I don't know how to make anything of most things proposed!!! If we were thrown to the Earth 10000 years ago, we would be able to bootstrap our current tech in less than a century?

arbitrage 7y ago
10,000 years? I think so. 1,000 years? Maaaaybe.
allannienhuis 7y ago
This book is an attempt at answering that question, although it's not exactly step-by-step (especially as the book progresses), it gives the framework for rebooting civilization - the paths to follow. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114087-the-knowledge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114087-the-knowledge [edit] - actually it's answering a slightly different question I guess - how to reboot after a cataclysm, but the path is more-or-less the same I think :)
kwhitefoot 7y ago
Yes. So long as we had a few reference works, freedom from attack by competing tribes, and landed on productive agricultural land. Simple radios are very easy and allow us to stick together over wider ranges than the locals, knowledge of simple medical concepts and sanitation keeps us alive and healthy longer. Understanding how to build effective shelters and storage systems allows us to keep an agricultural surplus which enables some of us to devote our time to bootstrapping. The biggest problem would be people jockeying for short term power instead of pulling together for long term success.
- war1025 7y ago
  The thing you are missing, which is a massive hurdle that is underappreciated, is that you need access to raw materials. Most of the modern gadgets we use require things that you can't just find out your front door.
  - kwhitefoot 7y ago
    That's why it takes a hundred years. You first have to create the infrastructure that allows you to free up people to prospect and mine. However if we concentrate on energy first then most of the materials one needs to get started are indeed just outside one's front door. All you need for an electronics industry is glass and metal. We can use valves until we have a supply of indium, etc.

arbitrage 7y ago

10,000 years? I think so. 1,000 years? Maaaaybe.

allannienhuis 7y ago

This book is an attempt at answering that question, although it's not exactly step-by-step (especially as the book progresses), it gives the framework for rebooting civilization - the paths to follow. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114087-the-knowledge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114087-the-knowledge [edit] - actually it's answering a slightly different question I guess - how to reboot after a cataclysm, but the path is more-or-less the same I think :)

kwhitefoot 7y ago

Yes. So long as we had a few reference works, freedom from attack by competing tribes, and landed on productive agricultural land. Simple radios are very easy and allow us to stick together over wider ranges than the locals, knowledge of simple medical concepts and sanitation keeps us alive and healthy longer. Understanding how to build effective shelters and storage systems allows us to keep an agricultural surplus which enables some of us to devote our time to bootstrapping. The biggest problem would be people jockeying for short term power instead of pulling together for long term success.

war1025 7y ago
The thing you are missing, which is a massive hurdle that is underappreciated, is that you need access to raw materials. Most of the modern gadgets we use require things that you can't just find out your front door.
- kwhitefoot 7y ago
  That's why it takes a hundred years. You first have to create the infrastructure that allows you to free up people to prospect and mine. However if we concentrate on energy first then most of the materials one needs to get started are indeed just outside one's front door. All you need for an electronics industry is glass and metal. We can use valves until we have a supply of indium, etc.