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What knowledge do you have that was passed down 3 or more generations to you?

by brabel 9mo ago

defrost 9mo ago
Spoken language, reading, writing, arithmetic, farming, tool use, law, mechanics, tracking, sewing, leatherwork, casting, weaving, forrestry, swimming, diving, shooting, general warfare, riding, dishwashing ... Almost, but not, aviation. There's probably more. That's my family though - we're still using 1935 CWA cookbooks and occasionally pull a plough with horses or bullocks. We've obviously added and upgraded those skills over generations, but we still have stuff the great grandparents used, and added in a few more contempory skills. I guess we'll lose some of that if we ever get a mechanical dishwasher though.
- senordevnyc 9mo ago
  I'm not sure if OP's blog posts are likely to have the same level of utility to future generations as something like, say, spoken language :)
- brabel 9mo ago
  I was obviously talking about 3 generations from your own known family, which is the only interpretation given the topic being discussed. How can people miss the point of a question so completely? I am actually interested in understanding what goes on in your mind to talk about "spoken language" in the context of someone asking how to make a website last a few generations.
  - defrost 9mo ago
    You directly asked > What knowledge do you have that was passed down 3 or more generations to you? and I answered, incompletely, with a list of knowledge and skills I directly learned within my own family, things that have been passed on within various branches of that family over generations. I was raised by a large extended family, my grandson had, as a baby, a blanket crocheted by my grandmother for my son, the same grandmother who taught me how to darn, sew, weave, etc. just as she taught my father who used those skills in the navy to maintain his kit. I learnt english and other languages from the generation before me .. and the generation before them as they were not dead when I was a child - and I had living great grandparents. Do you not count knowledge of language as something passed on by prior generations? Many of these people left journals or memoirs .. and number have portions of their lives collected in national archives ( * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba_(1917) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba_(1917) * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rats_of_Tobruk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rats_of_Tobruk * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Australia * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War (1853) Also part of my larger extended family are (still alive) and were (now passed) people that passed down stories and looked after and maintained rock art (both painted and carved) that has survived several tens of thousands of years. Almost all the geophysical data I gathered is archived, along with data gathered before me, in walk in fireproof safes on tapes, as ascii, on acid free paper, etc. In short, what goes through my mind is my direct experience with the transmission of and preservation of knowledge. How about yourself?

What knowledge do you have that was passed down 3 or more generations to you?

by brabel 9mo ago

What knowledge do you have that was passed down 3 or more generations to you?

Spoken language, reading, writing, arithmetic, farming, tool use, law, mechanics, tracking, sewing, leatherwork, casting, weaving, forrestry, swimming, diving, shooting, general warfare, riding, dishwashing ... Almost, but not, aviation. There's probably more. That's my family though - we're still using 1935 CWA cookbooks and occasionally pull a plough with horses or bullocks. We've obviously added and upgraded those skills over generations, but we still have stuff the great grandparents used, and added in a few more contempory skills. I guess we'll lose some of that if we ever get a mechanical dishwasher though.

senordevnyc 9mo ago
I'm not sure if OP's blog posts are likely to have the same level of utility to future generations as something like, say, spoken language :)
brabel 9mo ago
I was obviously talking about 3 generations from your own known family, which is the only interpretation given the topic being discussed. How can people miss the point of a question so completely? I am actually interested in understanding what goes on in your mind to talk about "spoken language" in the context of someone asking how to make a website last a few generations.
- defrost 9mo ago
  You directly asked > What knowledge do you have that was passed down 3 or more generations to you? and I answered, incompletely, with a list of knowledge and skills I directly learned within my own family, things that have been passed on within various branches of that family over generations. I was raised by a large extended family, my grandson had, as a baby, a blanket crocheted by my grandmother for my son, the same grandmother who taught me how to darn, sew, weave, etc. just as she taught my father who used those skills in the navy to maintain his kit. I learnt english and other languages from the generation before me .. and the generation before them as they were not dead when I was a child - and I had living great grandparents. Do you not count knowledge of language as something passed on by prior generations? Many of these people left journals or memoirs .. and number have portions of their lives collected in national archives ( * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba_(1917) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba_(1917) * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rats_of_Tobruk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rats_of_Tobruk * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_of_Australia * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War (1853) Also part of my larger extended family are (still alive) and were (now passed) people that passed down stories and looked after and maintained rock art (both painted and carved) that has survived several tens of thousands of years. Almost all the geophysical data I gathered is archived, along with data gathered before me, in walk in fireproof safes on tapes, as ascii, on acid free paper, etc. In short, what goes through my mind is my direct experience with the transmission of and preservation of knowledge. How about yourself?