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How long to rebuild civilisation after an all out nuclear war?
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<blockquote data-quote="eclipsenow" data-source="post: 75657882" data-attributes="member: 274355"><p>Yes - that's my kind of Sci-Fi trip! I often wonder where we'd be by now if we went back to 100AD* and gave the Romans a dozen modern instruction manuals. You know, the top 10 tools to kick start the industrial revolution - but also a bunch of commandments on how to save the environment and ecosystems as well. Stuff like:-</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The importance of reserving large intact ecosystems as national parks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The importance of avoiding war and creating large trading blocks and super-states to protect everyone.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Germ theory and the importance of soap and washing your hands and face masks during pandemics.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The importance of public education and everyone being able to read all this extra knowledge!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How to build a large ship and get to New Zealand to save the giant Moa bird before the Polynesians arrive and drive them to extinction around 1300 AD - you know - stuff like that. Scientific principles, education, the best in public policy and medicare for all.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The wonders of designing intimate walkable townships around train stations, not car dependent suburbia.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How to use coal till they get to hydro and nuclear power - and the safest nuclear reactors and practices from the modern era.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How to build such an energy efficient civilisation that atmospheric CO2 doesn't go above 350ppm before they wean off coal onto hydro, nuclear, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What else would you add?</li> </ul><p>Consider that the industrial revolution kicked off just over 200 years ago. If the Industrial Revolution kicked off in 100AD with not just the technical trickery but the public policy and wisdom we have from hindsight - where would they be by now? Would they have colonised the solar system? Would there already be a trillion people living in O'Neil cylinders? Would they have self-aware AI, fusion power, colonies around <em>other stars? </em></p><p></p><p>(*Even in my speculative imaginings I don't want to interrupt the writing of the bible.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eclipsenow, post: 75657882, member: 274355"] Yes - that's my kind of Sci-Fi trip! I often wonder where we'd be by now if we went back to 100AD* and gave the Romans a dozen modern instruction manuals. You know, the top 10 tools to kick start the industrial revolution - but also a bunch of commandments on how to save the environment and ecosystems as well. Stuff like:- [LIST] [*]The importance of reserving large intact ecosystems as national parks. [*]The importance of avoiding war and creating large trading blocks and super-states to protect everyone. [*]Germ theory and the importance of soap and washing your hands and face masks during pandemics. [*]The importance of public education and everyone being able to read all this extra knowledge! [*]How to build a large ship and get to New Zealand to save the giant Moa bird before the Polynesians arrive and drive them to extinction around 1300 AD - you know - stuff like that. Scientific principles, education, the best in public policy and medicare for all. [*]The wonders of designing intimate walkable townships around train stations, not car dependent suburbia. [*]How to use coal till they get to hydro and nuclear power - and the safest nuclear reactors and practices from the modern era. [*]How to build such an energy efficient civilisation that atmospheric CO2 doesn't go above 350ppm before they wean off coal onto hydro, nuclear, etc. [*]What else would you add? [/LIST] Consider that the industrial revolution kicked off just over 200 years ago. If the Industrial Revolution kicked off in 100AD with not just the technical trickery but the public policy and wisdom we have from hindsight - where would they be by now? Would they have colonised the solar system? Would there already be a trillion people living in O'Neil cylinders? Would they have self-aware AI, fusion power, colonies around [I]other stars? [/I] (*Even in my speculative imaginings I don't want to interrupt the writing of the bible.) [/QUOTE]
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