My favourite pithy version of this: "collapse now and avoid the rush". :)
On 5 October 2015 12:18:33 IST, Steve Kinney <[email protected]> wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On 10/05/2015 05:43 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > >Good ideas in this thread so far. What I would add is, get the F >away from population centers; they are very hungry machines that >will start to fail in very bad ways whenever any of their major >inputs are substantially reduced for more than a few weeks - even >without panic and martial law factored in. > >On moving way out of town: Sooner is better, because as the >industrial economy crumbles everyone will get the same bright idea >and that land ain't empty. It's occupied by communities where it >takes time to learn the human landscape and build trust >relationships. On arrival start working to establish oneself in >an economic role that will continue to pay off in the form of >mutual aid and bartering of labor and commodities, as the value of >Federal Reserve Notes spirals down. > >As for cash money, I like silver way more than gold: People will >kill you much sooner for gold than silver, and the value of silver >has been steadily rising due to industrial applications drawing >down the world supply faster than mining is able to replace it. > >Another thing to think about is identifying technology that will >stay relevant to the practical concerns of feeding and housing >people in your local economy when international supply chains go >sideways for months or years at a time. Learn what is and isn't >important by getting involved in the actual work, and get on top >of how to run and fix that stuff, /then/ stockpile spare parts and >replacements. > >In short, start building the world of 2100 today. It's going to >be built one way or another; early adopters will have more >problems to solve and go down more blind alleys, but that's the >price of coming out on top in the long run. > >:o) > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1 > >iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJWElyHAAoJEDZ0Gg87KR0Lz3gP/3YxdQenXosirOr4KrKcSxO4 >0bYORTFEYm3Hbv9Gj85GYH9wSOgmVT9HRLCKACemvl1HltkCvSW3gCYOb88/rd9A >ibRkkuK36NYbqNJP+Ak+5RRpu9Sk699POvL8NQSf5QWoXHqjechiNsCd9bVLSzXA >ujk1SCdD6WObj9YE4xsn0NrU+sg8iMAql0WwNlymy0+plHAVmYVluPQhx3Nwh8GA >LPqYKR0pULdEgKKoEB9aFOp2zEa5rCw+N90MroMkKn4oeg9AAbJjxBcPgmcQKLVx >kpD2xhB0bsfsemqYxzUJjoPhenMVQmelLVPqi41nYO4blfTBAnOrktAJSHTkGc57 >zToOk5pJEk+eklHW7LXZ5FeIrm7HddwoOt7evzFD76aVXaJuna01ZZVsEKK1H1cT >IrFLbLN/0AQeSI4IUX4JcZbx+fAscsClYBhK3+PSPyFpPKQ8jzixo+8DOG/0YBu8 >N26L4w4HWsRkO9UcmuG/sSUDJiAW6+bQAgxU7BMdY/CYjTxJtnRjvxFIc6TARCyD >bvU8Wmyi3+wFXkrnOwIWf2XRVKIGbL1gj17xJdkk2s5okB+I1LzbiwGPO4c74J/H >Y/7qf7UoTp0v0RXeu/VXMHXdK9J3BmaTRb4AXhgrKRbji5QXmxPytXnvZS/XufUs >vroIaAxcr6UT9S/0J6fc >=PmoB >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
