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What would your contribution be for a book put together to restart a a civilization? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The title is a bit over dramatic but, per the title, if you could contribute with one piece of knowledge to a book that every single individual should learn from in order to kickstart a civilization, what would be yours?

My personal choice would be the process of soap making, from scratch.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I wonder if a book along these lines already exists. The nearest I can think of is The Art of Manliness website.

I would probably buy a book that covered a lot of the basic skills needed for a society if it were done well. I want to try a lot of those things like smelting, house construction, metalworking, etc. I'm sure books exist for each of these but I doubt one book tries to give overviews of all.

Also an interesting question: What ARE the skills needed for a civilization? Start from skills needed when dropped off alone in the wilderness and work your way up to "needing" bureuacrats.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean like the civilization starter kit, when the lights go out, the manual for civilization, or the knowledge, how to build civiliazation in the aftermath of a cataclysm?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Interesting, Thanks. I will be reading these further.

Thought I should mention that the second link is not working for me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's also the "How To Make Everything" YouTube channel. I wonder if the guy that runs that has written a book yet? If not, he should.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's How to Invent Everything by Ryan North.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

IIRC it's a pretty skinny book, though, so it's probably light on important details.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting, I will have to check that out.