"The Knowledge: How To Rebuild Our World From Scratch" shows us that human knowledge is collective and distributed across the population. It has built on itself for centuries. It has becoming vast and increasingly specialized. and most of us are ignorant about the fundamental principles of the civilization that supports us.
From the book....
"Maybe it was a viral pandemic, or an asteroid strike, or perhaps nuclear war. Whatever the cause, the world as we know it has ended and you and the other survivors must start again. What key knowledge would you need to start rebuilding civilisation from scratch?"
"Once you’ve scavenged what you can, how do you begin producing the essentials? How do you grow food, generate power, prepare medicines, or get metal out of rocks? Could you avert another Dark Ages or take shortcuts to accelerate redevelopment?"
Living in the modern world, we have become disconnected from the basic processes that support our lives, as well as the beautiful fundamentals of science that enable you to relearn things for yourself."
Seems like a good time to read this, doesn't it?
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