Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Forward thinking

Some forward-thinking individuals spent a whole lot of money making these 16' tall granite pillars with "instructions" on how to rebuild society after some kind of apocalypse. I think the instructions are well meaning and I agree with many of them, but they're really more like the 10 Commandments than real instructions. What I want to see is a 16' tall granite pillar covered with the basic principles of electronics or chemistry.

American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse from Wired.

2 comments:

nemoren said...

I think that's something you should set up. Seriously. It's a great project.

Unknown said...

well, in case you haven't already seen it, there's a handy t-shirt designed by the Dinosaur Comics guy, which covers some of the basics you might be talking about:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/04/15/time-travel-cheatshe.html

it's technically for use after travelling back in time, but it's applicable to the post-apocalypse too. some useful info on chemistry and engineering.