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What would your contribution be for a book put together to restart a a civilization? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by qyron@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The title is a bit over dramatic but, per the title, if you could contribute with one piece of knowledge to a book that every single individual should learn from in order to kickstart a civilization, what would be yours?

My personal choice would be the process of soap making, from scratch.

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[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think in a way religion was a necessary component in managing populations.

Without education humans will naturally look to "organised luck" or supernatural deities for meaning. That can be used as a kind of carrier wave to disseminate basic information.

"God says you should clean your cock and balls once a day in order to bring good luck"

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

True ... but this kind of knowledge and organization endows some people with power and control over others. Any time any individuals are given power over others for any reason, especially when that power is based on mistrust, falsehoods and outright lies ... people tend to abuse that power.