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But, could the tribal elders transmit orally how to create a silicon chip, how to build a car, how to do all the other things that create the world we live in t

• thayne 2y ago
  They can pass down knowledge that eventually leads to a writing system. And indeed, in a sense, the knowledge of how to read and write is still passed down "orally". Or at least directly from teacher to student.
  • the_af 2y ago
    That sounds like bootstrapping. You still need the rest of the "software" of culture.
• sorokod 2y ago
  Interesting questions to consider, what sort of social structures would maximise the amount of data retained. What would be a the size of a "tribe", what makes an elder an elder, what sort of tribes have to cooperate to create a car. Here is another one, a single person can be though of as volatile store of information. How many people and what protocols would be needed to implement redundancy and error correction?
  • skulk 2y ago
    Sounds like you'd enjoy studying Vedic Sanskrit.