Well, I meant more like basic industrial and scientific knowledge, e.g., that petroleum can be used as a fuel, or that the universe is quite large and the Earth revolves around the Sun. Even if 99% of the world's civilizations were erased and you had a zombie/nuclear/etc. hellscape, I don't see people losing this basic sort of knowledge. It's simply too pervasive. The idea of humanity returning to a caveman-level of knowledge seems unlikely to me.
> It is a very fine balance indeed, hope humanity treads it with reason :)
Agreed!
Agreed! :)
Also, do you have or maintain a list of great books which you came across ? I see your profile, and you mention "Philosopher, writer and entrepreneur traveling the world."
I would love to see your bookshelf :)
- Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion by Julian Young
- The Portable Nietzsche by Kaufmann
- A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
- The Art of the Islamic Garden by Emma Clark
- Notes on Culture by T. S. Eliot
- In Praise of Shadows by Tanizaki
- The Qur'an: Oxford World Classics
- On Bohemia by Graña
- The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
- The Individual and His Property by Stirner
If you start maintaining a list, would there be a way to know that ? Would you be sharing here on HN ?
Tbh, i am enjoying your arguments as such!
> barring some sort of total worldwide wipe of electronic data, the information and knowledge will still be out there
Isn't the world shifting in its warfare strategies ? We fought with different tools at different times. But the modern warfare seems to be moving towards misinformation, destruction of information etc ?
> I'd say it's inevitable that over time, humans will re-centralize and re-organize.
Agreed! It seems that eventually we would have to re-organize!
> Civilizations seem to benefit from having competition, as long as they don't destroy / are destroyed by them. It's a fine balance.
Agree with this one too, but i am more worried about generations that would follow us. It is a very fine balance indeed, hope humanity treads it with reason :)