Random thoughts thread

[M-17]

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[S2kphile]

Thought experiment: what is the one occupational field, that if it were to completely disappear would most set back civilization?

[CSSM]

New acoustic guitar! Giant improvement over my other one

[Exhaust]

Originally Posted by S2kphile

Thought experiment: what is the one occupational field, that if it were to completely disappear would most set back civilization?

Anything to do with gasoline.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by S2kphile

Thought experiment: what is the one occupational field, that if it were to completely disappear would most set back civilization?

Internet.

[bambbrose]

Originally Posted by S2kphile

Thought experiment: what is the one occupational field, that if it were to completely disappear would most set back civilization?

Education of course

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by bambbrose

Education of course

That was my initial thought. Too obvious. Slow backwards evolution (read: stupidification) of man would be rather long, something technology related would precipitate a much faster downfall of society as we know it.

[ichitaka05]

I need to hit the bed or I gonna be dead at work tomorrow... but can't fall sleep... WHY~~~ WHY male model~~~ lol

[S2kphile]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

That was my initial thought. Too obvious. Slow backwards evolution (read: stupidification) of man would be rather long, something technology related would precipitate a much faster downfall of society as we know it.

Bingo! Any engineers ie Electrical,Mechanical, Sewage, etc. And throw in farmers & garbage men as well since they would set back life.

Here's a cookie...

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

That was my initial thought. Too obvious. Slow backwards evolution (read: stupidification) of man would be rather long, something technology related would precipitate a much faster downfall of society as we know it.

Politicians? Anarchy takes down society pretty fast. Money relies on the government too.

Funny, because politicians happen to be the people bringing down society right now.

[neutron256]

Friday and it's going to be really hard to stay focused on work today.

[bambbrose]

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Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

That was my initial thought. Too obvious. Slow backwards evolution (read: stupidification) of man would be rather long, something technology related would precipitate a much faster downfall of society as we know it.

Although I agree with your statement, he didn't specify a time frame.

Take away all teachers, professors, and educational institutions, libraries, etc. and you set back hundreds of years of knowledge.

For short term, I would say the communications industry would throw society into the biggest shitstorm one could imagine.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by bambbrose

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Although I agree with your statement, he didn't specify a time frame.

Take away all teachers, professors, and educational institutions, libraries, etc. and you set back hundreds of years of knowledge.

For short term, I would say the communications industry would throw society into the biggest shitstorm one could imagine.

Even without the institution of education, knowledge can still be passed down. Destroy technological infrastructure, though, and you send us into the dark ages relatively quicker. Granted he never gave a time frame, both are valid.

[S2kphile]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Even without the institution of education, knowledge can still be passed down. Destroy technological infrastructure, though, and you send us into the dark ages relatively quicker. Granted he never gave a time frame, both are valid.

I didn't specify a time frame but you made a great point. Dark Ages is a perfect example of what happened when technological infrastructures collapse & the field becomes relatively irrelevant ie. Fall of Rome. Still had farming, still had knowledge, still had some small form of government/community but technological infrastructure gone.