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For those that would like to know how to rebuild civilization, the book The Knowledge by Lewis Dartnell is a handy reference on things to know and do. General b
by throw0101a 5y ago
For those that would like to know how to rebuild civilization, the book The Knowledge by Lewis Dartnell is a handy reference on things to know and do. General bibliography:
* http://the-knowledge.org/en-gb/bibliography/ http://the-knowledge.org/en-gb/bibliography/
Deep dives on particular topics of agriculture, food and clothing, substances (charcoal, lime), materials (wood, cement, furnaces, glass), medicine, etc:
* http://the-knowledge.org/en-gb/further-reading-by-chapter/ http://the-knowledge.org/en-gb/further-reading-by-chapter/
See also the more light-hearted How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North:
* https://www.howtoinventeverything.com https://www.howtoinventeverything.com
Which starts with inventing language (spoken and written), before moving to "non-sucky" numbers, the scientific method, and calorie surplus.
- codeulike 5y agoAlso The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comfort https://www.opensourceecology.org/gvcs/ https://www.opensourceecology.org/gvcs/
- cyberbanjo 5y agoOnly four of fifty or something machines are finished designed and build able today.
- pW9GLKxm9taFEhz 5y agoAlso relevant is Long Now's "Manual for Civilization" https://blog.longnow.org/02014/02/06/manual-for-civilization-begins/ https://blog.longnow.org/02014/02/06/manual-for-civilization...