• someguy3@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I find it amazing that finance, sales, etc are held in such high regard when it’s science and technology that advance society.

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      Most scientific and engineering skills would also be useless if civilization collapses. For example, I am a scientific software developer. Most of my work has been for medical research, which is something people tend to respect. However, I wouldn’t be able to do anything useful with numerical modelling in a survival situation. My limited skills as an amateur home renovator would be far more relevant.

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        1 month ago

        I mention farming below. Plumbing, well depends on population. We can shit in the field like we did for millennia. It’s just fertilizer.

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          Also a Cholera breeding ground. Which is why for centuries more people died in cities than were born, despite having no access to contraception.

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            1 month ago

            That’s where the science and technology comes in.

            Also, isn’t plumbing a technology? Or does it have to be in the Civ VI Technology tree to be recognised as one? I know Agriculture and Animal Husbandry is