Thanks for writing this up. I would love to see more detail in general, but in particular on this point:
The highest leverage point for intervention in a potential post-collapse environment would be at the state level. Individuals, even wealthy individuals, lack the infrastructure and human resources at the scale necessary to rebuild effectively. There are some decent mitigations possible in the space of information archival, such as seed banks and internet archives, but these are far less likely to have long term impacts compared to state efforts.
So you’re assuming that the states still function after the collapse? What do you think they would do and what would you like them to do differently? What do you think about interventions post catastrophe to reduce the likelihood of collapse? For instance, there is the idea of a backup shortwave radio system that I mentioned in our joint salon that would not require a state. Why is the Internet archive (I assume printed out) not important, because there would already be enough information preserved in books? I don’t think that would apply so much in the case of seeds because we might not be able to continue growing the high-yielding varieties that are dependent on fertilizer and pesticides.
Thanks for writing this up. I would love to see more detail in general, but in particular on this point:
So you’re assuming that the states still function after the collapse? What do you think they would do and what would you like them to do differently? What do you think about interventions post catastrophe to reduce the likelihood of collapse? For instance, there is the idea of a backup shortwave radio system that I mentioned in our joint salon that would not require a state.
Why is the Internet archive (I assume printed out) not important, because there would already be enough information preserved in books? I don’t think that would apply so much in the case of seeds because we might not be able to continue growing the high-yielding varieties that are dependent on fertilizer and pesticides.