🧵 tech regression/lost knowledge
Anonymous at Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:55:15 UTC No. 16074604
The assumption about humanity that many have is that we will continue to progress, perhaps not linearly, in our technology and scientific understanding.
Is it possible that humanity could regress? Like if there was a bronze age style collapse or if humanity chimped out with nukes? Could we reach a point where too few people know about shit like advanced chemistry, Einsteinian physics, advanced metallurgy, computer science and hardware and thus lead to a general age of barbarism and primitiveness?
Anonymous at Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:56:39 UTC No. 16074619
>>16074604
Once AGI is born we can rest. It'll be here in a decade
Cult of Passion at Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:04:03 UTC No. 16074682
>>16074604
>Is it possible that humanity could regress?
I can very easily see this as possible, centered about those silicon chips in Taiwan. I could see China invading, US torches the manufacturers for mil threat reasons, China never is able to meet global demand for high end chips, technology ceases progression. US chip makers are almost unprofitable as it is, one downturn generation and its getting shut down.
Now there are no high end chips and no one able to meet the demand for the foreseeable future.
Cult of Passion at Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:05:56 UTC No. 16074709
>>16074682
>no one able to meet the demand for the foreseeable future
Because China/Russia, sanctions but permanent ones, so the US would be hit with a massive price increase for everything like "Putin's Price Hikes".
Anonymous at Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:53:00 UTC No. 16075560
>>16074604
No, the knowledge cannot be lost even in the case of 99+% extinction.
However, humans could lose the intellectual faculties to use this knowledge and lose the population size and industrial capacity to manufacture and distribute the technologies.
This is way fucking worse and way more fucking boring than all the other apocalyptic scenarios and is also the situation we're actually getting closer to rather than further away from.
Anonymous at Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:28:18 UTC No. 16077271
Anonymous at Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:15:30 UTC No. 16078834
>>16074604
>we will continue to progress
No. Staggnation is a common topic around here.
Anonymous at Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:36:25 UTC No. 16078856
>>16074604
>Is it possible that humanity could regress?
We already have.
Anonymous at Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:01:21 UTC No. 16078979
Here:
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki
Anonymous at Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:39:10 UTC No. 16079189
>>16074619
Can AGI turn people (specifically me) into cute anime girls
Anonymous at Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:18:29 UTC No. 16079603
>>16074604
This happened multiple times throughout history as civilizations stagnated or collapsed. We didn't know the secret of Roman concrete until recently and it was extremely obvious the entire time as to why it was superior.
Anonymous at Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:33:30 UTC No. 16079626
>>16074682
>>16074709
Yep, that is the plan.
Anonymous at Fri, 15 Mar 2024 18:37:19 UTC No. 16079631
>>16077271
We really need to make mandatory for politicians to wear all the time the names of their corporate donors.
Anonymous at Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:53:29 UTC No. 16079905
>>16074604
sounds like somebody needs to read Foundation
Anonymous at Sat, 16 Mar 2024 03:03:34 UTC No. 16080473
>>16079905
We is in the age of the Mule.
Anonymous at Sat, 16 Mar 2024 03:13:29 UTC No. 16080485
>>16079189
No, because YWNBAW