Will tech really die?

[Skean Dhude]

This looks interesting.

There are several questions in one here and I am looking at a total TEOTWAWKI scenario that disrupts our society for some time and causes massive depopulation. Anything less is just a hiccup and recovery will happen and we will soon be back where we are now.

My view is that tech as we know it will die. We will have technology for some time, perhaps even our lifetime but eventually it will all fail. We will be able to create electricity but we will be unable to recreate items like laptops, GPS units, digital cameras. We could create TVs, radios but bulky items and not the solid state stuff we have now. Materials will simply not be available and beyond our skillsets.

However we will be able to generate and transform electricity, build motor vehicles and aircraft. Anything we could do circa 1960 we should be able to do now but I fear that we will lose the capability to go beyond that and restore what we have now. We have simply used up all the resources and our population will be such that we will be unable to rebuild because we will not have the skills or the numbers to allow people to concentrate on pure research. Everyone will have to live.

For me. I'm storing as many books as I can on electronics post solid state and integrated circuits and basic electronic stuff, an oscilloscope, meters, resistors, capacitors, transistors, etc. the basic building blocks for electronics as well as some basic training in electronics that you can buy in places like Maplin. Old hat now and the realm of the geek but they will be valuable tools if anything happens.