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You may have to accept a world where you need other people besides engineers.

dasmoth 12y ago
World, maybe. But in terms of building a somewhat-self-sufficient community -- which seems to be what's being suggested here -- why wouldn't all-engineers work?
- tsunamifury 12y ago
  Land management, cooking, cleaning, child-rearing, teaching, schooling, animal husbandry, community health, repairs, safety, upkeep, music/arts/entertainment, policy... the list goes on And while many engineers seem to believe they can do anything with applied knowledge -- practice and execution are two very different things.
  - iagooar 12y ago
    It doesn't have to be 100% self-sufficient, that's not what I meant. I was thinking more about a community of families living around the same farm and company.
  - yellowapple 12y ago
    > Land management You mean "civil engineering" > cooking You mean "culinary engineering" > cleaning You mean "sanitary engineering" > teaching You mean "educational engineering" > schooling You mean "educational engineering" > animal husbandry You mean "agricultural engineering" > community health You mean "medical engineering" or "civil engineering" > repairs You mean "engineering" > safety You mean "engineering" > upkeep You mean "engineering" > music/arts/entertainment You mean "acoustic/visual/recreational engineering" > policy You mean "political engineering" > the list goes on And the list will still be refactored into engineering fields (some of which I may or may not have extracted from my rectum in an ad hoc fashion). Engineering really just boils down to using the scientific method, mathematics, and ingenuity to solve problems. Pretty much every activity you described could very easily have an engineering mindset applied to it.
iagooar 12y ago
I wasn't thinking about excluding non-tech people (my girlfriend has no tech background). I was just thinking about building a company with like-minded people with some technical skills and experience, while living together and working on a farm, including the families which may or may not have a technical background. Sure there might be a need for marketing or sales people as well, but that's a bit too detailed for now, considering it is nothing more than an idea yet ;)
- tsunamifury 12y ago
  Apologies -- just was bein' a bit snark about the engineering master race.

World, maybe. But in terms of building a somewhat-self-sufficient community -- which seems to be what's being suggested here -- why wouldn't all-engineers work?

tsunamifury 12y ago
Land management, cooking, cleaning, child-rearing, teaching, schooling, animal husbandry, community health, repairs, safety, upkeep, music/arts/entertainment, policy... the list goes on And while many engineers seem to believe they can do anything with applied knowledge -- practice and execution are two very different things.
- iagooar 12y ago
  It doesn't have to be 100% self-sufficient, that's not what I meant. I was thinking more about a community of families living around the same farm and company.
- yellowapple 12y ago
  > Land management You mean "civil engineering" > cooking You mean "culinary engineering" > cleaning You mean "sanitary engineering" > teaching You mean "educational engineering" > schooling You mean "educational engineering" > animal husbandry You mean "agricultural engineering" > community health You mean "medical engineering" or "civil engineering" > repairs You mean "engineering" > safety You mean "engineering" > upkeep You mean "engineering" > music/arts/entertainment You mean "acoustic/visual/recreational engineering" > policy You mean "political engineering" > the list goes on And the list will still be refactored into engineering fields (some of which I may or may not have extracted from my rectum in an ad hoc fashion). Engineering really just boils down to using the scientific method, mathematics, and ingenuity to solve problems. Pretty much every activity you described could very easily have an engineering mindset applied to it.

iagooar 12y ago

I wasn't thinking about excluding non-tech people (my girlfriend has no tech background). I was just thinking about building a company with like-minded people with some technical skills and experience, while living together and working on a farm, including the families which may or may not have a technical background. Sure there might be a need for marketing or sales people as well, but that's a bit too detailed for now, considering it is nothing more than an idea yet ;)

tsunamifury 12y ago
Apologies -- just was bein' a bit snark about the engineering master race.