A Gulch and The Walking Dead
I had an excellent lunch last Saturday with an Objectivist, and one of the things we talked about was skills we have to offer to a Gulch. In that vain, I have developed a scenario to hopefully stimulate thought and discussion on this topic.
It's my post, so my rules. Here is the scenario:
It is a post apocalyptic world, either natural or man-made that resembles the 1815's in technology. There will be walking dead. They may not be zombies, but they are out to kill you and take your resources. There is no power sources anywhere in the world other than solar, wind and horse power.
A few fellow Objectivists and I have found and established an invitation only Gulch with all the natural resources we can use. We will send a few people out to recruit new residents, much like Francisco and John were doing.
There are 2 inviolate requirements and rules for Gulchers and prospective invitee Gulchers:
1: All people 16 years and older MUST be willing to truly and honestly, of their own free will, take The Oath. This may require a potential invitee to make a hard choice as there will be no exceptions.
2: The existence and the location of this Gulch MUST be kept secret and it will be defended.
What skills and/or resources can you bring to this Gulch? Why would we recruit you?
It's my post, so my rules. Here is the scenario:
It is a post apocalyptic world, either natural or man-made that resembles the 1815's in technology. There will be walking dead. They may not be zombies, but they are out to kill you and take your resources. There is no power sources anywhere in the world other than solar, wind and horse power.
A few fellow Objectivists and I have found and established an invitation only Gulch with all the natural resources we can use. We will send a few people out to recruit new residents, much like Francisco and John were doing.
There are 2 inviolate requirements and rules for Gulchers and prospective invitee Gulchers:
1: All people 16 years and older MUST be willing to truly and honestly, of their own free will, take The Oath. This may require a potential invitee to make a hard choice as there will be no exceptions.
2: The existence and the location of this Gulch MUST be kept secret and it will be defended.
What skills and/or resources can you bring to this Gulch? Why would we recruit you?
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Maybe I better start working on the flux capacitor so that I can time travel to now to get all of the cool stuff to take back to our 1815 era. ;)
I suppose you could imagine an emp that munched the chips, but I'm not sure how realistic that is.
Jan
Jan
One of my contentions is that there is a vast resource of knowledge about things that work. This will greatly speed up the process of reacquiring modern technology. For example in 1815 there was virtually no use of electricity, although you mention solar as one of the resources. Knowing the importance of electricity to future development, how tubes can be built, how transistors work and that integrated circuits are even better will vastly improve the speed of reinventing these things.
You say there are no other power sources. Does that just mean in existence or is something preventing their creation (as in "Dies the Fire").
As for defense, I should hope that we won't need to construct nuclear weapons, but if necessary, I was one of the last of the Cold Warrior weapons construction experts. It is a job that I am no longer proud of, but ...
I haven't 3D printed a gun yet, but I know I could make a plastic one.
When no longer able to do any of those things, I will be capably handled in the care of my wife/nurse, who is coming along with me. And Khalling, I have since asked my wife about The Oath. She will take The Oath.
Oh, and BTW, aren't we in a society with walking dead already? ;)
Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Extensive database on cooking, gunsmithy, beer making, library of books on liberty. Ability to read and follow directions (but not necessarily without discussion depending on circumstances), experience in vegetable gardening/composting, experience designing software (and logic might have some application even without electronic devices), experience reloading and beer brewing (not simultaneously) and basic knowledge of liquor distilling, lost wax casting, teaching mathematics, writing contracts.