A large asteroid recently flew close to Earth

Re:A large asteroid recently flew close to Earth by dTal on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @08:30AM (#13364598)

I'll quote one of the most insightful comments I've read on HN:

"Most of our physical tech stack is read-only executable code: there isn't a civilizational "source code" that shows from first principles how to build up to our current technology layer. For that matter, not even from first principles to turn of the 20th century technology level."

(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12824828)

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Re:A large asteroid recently flew close to Earth by halspero on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @07:22PM (#13370646)

Here is James Burke on this topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeROEoimj7I

And here's Primitive Technology man:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA

(Should we leave his videos lying around on clockwork tablets?)

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