> We could regress a great deal in terms of the technology we could apply with large enough fatality rates but if we can still feed large numbers of people and

> We could regress a great deal in terms of the technology we could apply with large enough fatality rates but if we can still feed large numbers of people and maintain things at all we can keep civilization going. Take away enough technology and you'll still have people, but not so much civilization. In a way, technology is civilization.