[keiferski]

> 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 ?

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!

[pseudonymousgun]

> The idea of humanity returning to a caveman-level of knowledge seems unlikely to me.

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 :)

[keiferski]

Unfortunately I don't maintain a list (it's on my to-do list), but sure! Here are some good books I've read/am reading lately.

- 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

[pseudonymousgun]

Thanks a lot for responding and sharing your book recommendations! :)

If you start maintaining a list, would there be a way to know that ? Would you be sharing here on HN ?

[keiferski]

Sure, if I ever do, I will let you know! I've bookmarked this comment.