I wonder how many fewer engineers we have due to teenagers not being able to help fix up old cars anymore?
@St_Rev Nice example! Probably only relevant in a really dire scenario, though.
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@St_Rev Have read and learned from his previous books but not yet Antifragile. - 3 more replies
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@Meaningness Put another way, when the next asteroid/solar storm/plague hits, do you want to be knocked back to 1500s tech or 1900s tech? -
@St_Rev In the case of my car, I’d like it to be knocked back to 1983 tech. Grumble.
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@Meaningness Taleb makes a pretty strong IMO heuristic argument that the really dire scenarios are the most important ones to plan for.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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