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What would your contribution be for a book put together to restart a a civilization? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by qyron@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The title is a bit over dramatic but, per the title, if you could contribute with one piece of knowledge to a book that every single individual should learn from in order to kickstart a civilization, what would be yours?

My personal choice would be the process of soap making, from scratch.

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[–] Xariphon@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the instructions for how to make soap would be less important to a civilization than why to make soap. Germ theory and basic hygiene practices would save a lot of lives.

[–] Chobbes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like we’re still working on this lol. The amount of people who don’t properly wash their hands is really nasty.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Today I watched someone in an airport rinse one of their hands while holding a bag handle in the other. Then they struggled to get a paper towel for their shit covered hand as they walked out of the bathroom.

We are fucked if we slip even a little, lol. People even know about germs these days and still only go through the gesture of washing without understanding why.