The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm

Much of the world’s know-how and most of its productive processes and equipment are locked within the walls of business firms, away from their customers, employees, and stockholders, as well as from the general public, whose laws and facilities allow them to function.

As it turned out, they didn’t need an emperor to strike the best balance between development and nature: the wisdom of the crowd worked well.

En sauvegardant les connaissances de l'espèce. La somme des connaissances humaines dépasse les capacités d'un individu, de mille individus. En même temps que se déchirera le tissu social, la science s'éparpillera aux quatre vents. Chaque individu ne connaîtra qu'une infime parcelle de ce qu'il faut savoir. Et les gens livrés à eux-mêmes seront impu