Can a Civilization Forget How Its Own Technology Works? (Narration Only)
Topics discussed
Introduction: Can a civilization forget its technology?
Context: Distinguishing this from techno-barbarism
Forgetting the Footnotes: Knowledge vs. Competence
Black Boxes and Sacred Buttons: Automation and Guilds
Personal Interlude: 12 Years of SFIA
Tradition, Taboo, and the Maintenance Guild
Economic Forgetting: When nobody pays to remember
Colonies that Inherit Too Much: Interstellar Risks
The Stagnant Stars: Futures and the Fermi Paradox
Promotion: Nebula and Alien Data Arcs
How Not To Forget: Strategies for Preserving Capability
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