Was thinking the other day: what if one was granted immortality...and every other human disappeared? What level of technology is sustainable for one person, working 60 hrs/week? 21st c. for a few decades. 1920 for a few centuries. >>>
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That one could find in the first few decades have been used up, and all the others have rusted. So then you fall back to...what? 1800? Blacksmithing isn't too hard and there's infinite steel. You can keep forging plow blades. But...man, the work, just to hold steady at 1800!
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And I'm not sure that one person, sans division of labor, could do it. I bet you wear through a complete set of clothes every year, so you've got to harvest, spin, and weave your own flax (or wool). Etc.
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Garden enough for you AND YOUR LIVESTOCK, fence repair, sheering, spinning, weaving, butchery, firewood, forge new plows and knives and sheers, loom repair, splitting shingles, making soap, ... https://twitter.com/Eidotheia/status/1178285763932360706?s=19 …
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Don't think so. I think you lose electricity in < 500 years, bc you lose diesel engines. Technological "infrastructure pyramid" is far too tall.https://twitter.com/shlevy/status/1178286021785640962?s=19 …
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Very close to that scenario, yes. But I'm thinking starvation is real. https://twitter.com/JeanDeny313/status/1178285739127296000?s=19 …
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Also, just remembered that Vernor Vinge touched on this in Marooned in Realtime Ha ha ha!
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9/ Yep, read one or two. Similar, but I'm examining "what if just ONE person?"https://twitter.com/Crowesq/status/1178287479847305221?s=19 …
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