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You made some interesting points down below, but i couldn't reply to those, hence responding here :) Tbh, i am enjoying your arguments as such! > barring some
by pseudonymousgun 6y ago
You made some interesting points down below, but i couldn't reply to those, hence responding here :)
Tbh, i am enjoying your arguments as such!
> barring some sort of total worldwide wipe of electronic data, the information and knowledge will still be out there
Isn't the world shifting in its warfare strategies ? We fought with different tools at different times. But the modern warfare seems to be moving towards misinformation, destruction of information etc ?
> I'd say it's inevitable that over time, humans will re-centralize and re-organize.
Agreed! It seems that eventually we would have to re-organize!
> Civilizations seem to benefit from having competition, as long as they don't destroy / are destroyed by them. It's a fine balance.
Agree with this one too, but i am more worried about generations that would follow us. It is a very fine balance indeed, hope humanity treads it with reason :)
- keiferski 6y ago> Isn't the world shifting in its warfare strategies ? We fought with different tools at different times. But the modern warfare seems to be moving towards misinformation, destruction of information etc ? Well, I meant more like basic industrial and scientific knowledge, e.g., that petroleum can be used as a fuel, or that the universe is quite large and the Earth revolves around the Sun. Even if 99% of the world's civilizations were erased and you had a zombie/nuclear/etc. hellscape, I don't see people losing this basic sort of knowledge. It's simply too pervasive. The idea of humanity returning to a caveman-level of knowledge seems unlikely to me. > It is a very fine balance indeed, hope humanity treads it with reason :) Agreed!
- pseudonymousgun 6y ago> The idea of humanity returning to a caveman-level of knowledge seems unlikely to me. Agreed! :) Also, do you have or maintain a list of great books which you came across ? I see your profile, and you mention "Philosopher, writer and entrepreneur traveling the world." I would love to see your bookshelf :)
- keiferski 6y agoUnfortunately I don't maintain a list (it's on my to-do list), but sure! Here are some good books I've read/am reading lately. - Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion by Julian Young - The Portable Nietzsche by Kaufmann - A Secular Age by Charles Taylor - The Art of the Islamic Garden by Emma Clark - Notes on Culture by T. S. Eliot - In Praise of Shadows by Tanizaki - The Qur'an: Oxford World Classics - On Bohemia by Graña - The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt - The Individual and His Property by Stirner
- pseudonymousgun 6y agoThanks a lot for responding and sharing your book recommendations! :) If you start maintaining a list, would there be a way to know that ? Would you be sharing here on HN ?
- keiferski 6y agoSure, if I ever do, I will let you know! I've bookmarked this comment.