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Re:Younger Dryas cosmic impact of 12,800 years ago (2018) by tastyfreeze on Thursday June 16, 2022 @01:39PM (#31768796)
> not every person in an advacent civilization knows how to produce advanced technology

That's an understatement. If civilization collapsed today, how many of the things that you have could you make yourself?

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Re:Younger Dryas cosmic impact of 12,800 years ago (2018) by hn_version_0023 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @06:31PM (#31771810)
Your comment reminds me of the excellent series "Connections" by James Burke. The opening episode in the series asks that exact question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XetplHcM7aQ&list=PLf02uWXhaG...

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