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How long to rebuild civilisation after an all out nuclear war?
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<blockquote data-quote="Radagast" data-source="post: 75129612" data-attributes="member: 20522"><p>Oh, I get the idea. I'm a big fan of post-apocalyptic literature.</p><p></p><p>In that kind of scenario, there's a long road downhill as people cannibalise the old tech.</p><p></p><p>But think of the <strong>grandchildren </strong>of the men and women in the tunnels, as they emerge. Can they make radios? Is there anybody left capable of teaching an electrical engineering degree? Can they make a new diesel engine? That requires making and casting metal, and cutting holes to micrometre tolerances, using precision tools (and you need precision tools to make the precision tools).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's a real positive "we can do anything" vibe to that kind of novel, which is rather fun. But it's not actually a civilisation that's described there; it's not self-sustaining.</p><p></p><p>Mind you, the people living in it probably wouldn't realise how much their knowledge base was eroding with each passing year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Radagast, post: 75129612, member: 20522"] Oh, I get the idea. I'm a big fan of post-apocalyptic literature. In that kind of scenario, there's a long road downhill as people cannibalise the old tech. But think of the [B]grandchildren [/B]of the men and women in the tunnels, as they emerge. Can they make radios? Is there anybody left capable of teaching an electrical engineering degree? Can they make a new diesel engine? That requires making and casting metal, and cutting holes to micrometre tolerances, using precision tools (and you need precision tools to make the precision tools). There's a real positive "we can do anything" vibe to that kind of novel, which is rather fun. But it's not actually a civilisation that's described there; it's not self-sustaining. Mind you, the people living in it probably wouldn't realise how much their knowledge base was eroding with each passing year. [/QUOTE]
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