Comments on: Manual for Civilization https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/manual-for-civilization/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 21 May 2026 16:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/manual-for-civilization/comment-page-1/#comment-1592 David Foster Wed, 12 May 2010 21:40:50 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=5648#comment-1592 My mom has a copy of the 1911 Encyclopedia Brittanica. It has a lot of detailed information on practical stuff, really just about everything you’d need to rebuild civilization to the level that could be accomplished in a lifetime.

Nothing in there about microprocessor fabrication, but it’s going to take at least a century to get to the point where that even matters..

]]> By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2010/05/manual-for-civilization/comment-page-1/#comment-1569 Ross Wed, 12 May 2010 11:39:18 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=5648#comment-1569 Although simply a timepiece, and not a record of civilization per se, the addition of the 10,000 Year Clock of The Long Now Foundation might be of some value. http://www.longnow.org/

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