Rebooting Civilization
Memes that attempt to outline the most basic and important rules for rebuilding civilization after a collapse.
Memes
30 MAR 2011
Museums for Rebooting Civilization
"You don't see the point of a museum, Horst. It's for the next rise in the Cycles. Savages come to put together another civilization. The faster they can do it, the longer it'll be before another collapse because they'll be expanding their capabilities faster than the population. See? So the savages get their choice of a number of previous civilizations, and -the weapons to put a new one into action. You noticed the lock?"
"I did," said Potter. "You need some astronomy to solve it. I presume...
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An alien species that suffers regular collapses of civilization due to overpopulation keeps their museums out in the middle of nowhere and under bomb-proof domes to protect their contents so future savages may rediscover them and rebuild from their predecessors.
29 MAR 2011
Contents of the Doomsday Chest
The contents of a Doomsday Chest will include stainless steel or titanium sheets, laser etched with an archive of the fundamentals of human knowledge.
Each sheet would be carved, front and back, in the five most widely spoken languages of the 21st Century; Mandarin, Spanish, English, Arabic and Hindi. To aid in their translation, aRosetta Disc style object would also embedded in the Chest, providing easy visual translation between the "key" languages and over 2,600 other languages.
The le...Folksonomies: knowledge civilization
Folksonomies: knowledge civilization
A list of the media, dimensions, and list of subjects to be covered on the sheets that go into the doomsday chests.
29 MAR 2011
Creating a "Seed" of Civilization's Knowledge
I’ve been thinking of civilization (the technium) as a life form, as a self-replicating structure. I began to wonder what is the smallest seed into which you could reduce the "genes" of civilization, and have it unfold again, sufficient that it could also make another seed again. That is, what is the smallest seed of the technium that is viable? It must be a seed able to grow to reproduction age and express itself as a full-fledge civilization and have offspring itself -- another replicatin...Folksonomies: knowledge civilization
Folksonomies: knowledge civilization
Is there a way to compress a balanced essence of civilization's knowledge into a package that would allow it to reproduce?
29 MAR 2011
The Rationale for Doomsday Chests
After the fall of the Roman Empire in Western Europe, much of what we consider "civilization" ceased to be. Literacy, medicine, science, agriculture, engineering, astronomy, governance, all went into decline or regression for the hundreds of years which we now call "The Dark Ages".
During this period monasteries were practically the only repositories of scholarship and learning. One historian notes that monks were not only the best educated members of society, by far, but were often the only...During the Dark Ages, the Human race came precipitously close to losing all knowledge permanently when the black plague almost wiped out the scholarly religious classes.
29 MAR 2011
Requirements for a Science Bible
Creating a permanent record of our civilization may not be as difficult as we imagine. What we need is a primer on science, clearly written and unambiguous in its meaning—a primer for anyone interested in the state of the Earth and how to survive and live well on it. One that would serve also as a primary school science text. It would be the scientific equivalent of the Bible. It would contain practical information such as how to light a fire, and things to wonder about when it was lit. It ...What are some of the most basic and important things that would need to go into a completely introductory book on Science?
29 MAR 2011
We Have No Book That Captures the Basic, Most Important R...
As individuals, we are amazingly ignorant and incapable. How many of us, alone in a wilderness, could make a flint knife? Is there anyone now alive who knows even a tenth of everything there is to know in science? How many of those employed in the electricity industry could make any of its components, such as wires or switches? The important difference that separates us from the social insects is that they carry the instructions for nest building in their genes. We have no permanent ubiquitou...If civilization were to collapse, we would have no book by which to rebuild our scientific knowledge and how we came to it.
29 MAR 2011
Inscriptions on the Georgia Guidestones
Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
Unite humanity with a living new language.
Rule passion - faith - tradition - and all things with tempered reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties.
Prize truth - beauty - love ...Advice to future generations in the event of the collapse of civilization
References
30 MAR 2011
The Mote in God's Eye
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Niven , Larry and Pournelle , Jerry (1991-03-01), The Mote in God's Eye, Pocket Books, Retrieved on 2011-03-30
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29 MAR 2011
The Forever Book
Electronic/World Wide Web>Blog: Kelly, Kevin (February 22, 2006 at), The Forever Book, Retrieved on 2011-03-29Source Material [www.kk.org]
Folksonomies: knowledge civilization
Folksonomies: knowledge civilization
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29 MAR 2011
Doomsday Chests
Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Article: (22/07/09)Doomsday Chests, Retrieved on 2011-03-29Source Material [web.mit.edu]
Folksonomies: knowledge civilization
Folksonomies: knowledge civilization
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29 MAR 2011
A Book For All Seasons
Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Article: Lovelock, James (8 May 1998), A Book For All Seasons, Science, Vol. 280 no. 5365 pp. 832-833, Retrieved on 2011-03-29Source Material [www.sciencemag.org]
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29 MAR 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones
Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Article: Wikipedia, (26 March 2011 at 22:), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones, Retrieved on 2011-03-29Source Material [en.wikipedia.org]
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