amen zwa, esq. on Nostr: nprofile1q…nwfh6 Great question. It deserves an equally thoughtful answer. ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqp4u3648u4vf853lcpauag94aa00vm3d2kk5y6ekcuzr0eu6sjhhsmnwfh6 (nprofile…wfh6) Great question. It deserves an equally thoughtful answer. Fortunately, I have cogitated on this very issue—like you did. It’s good to think about these things, since every civilisation is born with an expiry date.
First, we must assume that the first to go would be the power grid; it’s ancient and fragile, so the easiest to be destroyed. Once electricity is gone, modern civilisation collapses under its own weight and demands. Then, everyone will be scrambling for food scraps to feed their kids, no one would even devote a thought to preserving “knowledge”, since it is utterly useless for the situation at hand.
But, like the falls of past civilisation, there will be pockets of peaceable existence. Those few people will revert back to late 19th Century existence, on a small scale. But even 200 years ago, humanity possessed immense and deep knowledge. Maxwells Laws come to mind.
If we hope to preserve “knowledge”, we must preserve a language to at is precise and universal: mathematics. From there, anything can be recovered and reconstructed.
Do I have one maths book to keep in my go-bag when shit falls? Well, yes and no. No, I don’t have a solid enough grasp of maths like a practising mathematician. Yes, because I’d pack my “The Beauty of #Fractals” book by Peitgen. Useless practically, but useful emotionally while running for my life away from the Brown Shirts.
First, we must assume that the first to go would be the power grid; it’s ancient and fragile, so the easiest to be destroyed. Once electricity is gone, modern civilisation collapses under its own weight and demands. Then, everyone will be scrambling for food scraps to feed their kids, no one would even devote a thought to preserving “knowledge”, since it is utterly useless for the situation at hand.
But, like the falls of past civilisation, there will be pockets of peaceable existence. Those few people will revert back to late 19th Century existence, on a small scale. But even 200 years ago, humanity possessed immense and deep knowledge. Maxwells Laws come to mind.
If we hope to preserve “knowledge”, we must preserve a language to at is precise and universal: mathematics. From there, anything can be recovered and reconstructed.
Do I have one maths book to keep in my go-bag when shit falls? Well, yes and no. No, I don’t have a solid enough grasp of maths like a practising mathematician. Yes, because I’d pack my “The Beauty of #Fractals” book by Peitgen. Useless practically, but useful emotionally while running for my life away from the Brown Shirts.