long thread about why any *substantial* civilizational collapse will very quickly become a complete collapse I bet Our civilization is pretty robust within limits but past those limits (who knows where they are) its some kind of negative foomhttps://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1197857957192568837 …
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Personally I’ve always felt like it was kind of silly to assume that we even notice societal collapse. Like I’m sure from the perspective of most people in Europe: the transition from empire, to local lords, to many fractures kingdoms, felt gradual, normal, and fine.
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History is more a slow cooker than a microwave
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think there's still enough knowledge out there to keep some people alive but yeah probs not anything you'd call a civilization
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I worry about this sometimes. We might be losing a lot of such knowledge at the moment. I remember my grandma telling me that cows aren't supposed to eat a lot of clover, even though they like it. Too much can bloat them => death!https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruminal_tympany …
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There are probably lots and lots of such small but v important facts for functional agriculture. And this knowledge is not "alive" to the extent that it was even 50 years ago.
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I can't think of a single period where civilization was robust. The goal post is always shifting to the brink.
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Americas after smallpox tho
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We'll get a lot of mileage out of the scientific method+knowing that the concepts we've lost exist at a high level
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Lots of known unknowns are much easier than unknown ones
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I agree, we can't Just Go Back And Restart
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