| You made some interesting points down below, but i couldn't reply to those, hence responding here :) 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 :) |
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!