Yeah, I am aware of that. I know the Unabomber has been written about at ROK or Roosh's blog if I'm not mistaken. Despite being a crazy murderer, he had some good points on the impact of technology.
Technology does allow the world to sustain a greater number of people, but it also makes it so that those people are dependent on technology for survival. If the world suddenly reverted back to its primitive pre-industrial revolution form, the majority of the human population would die, because the world would not be able to sustain anywhere near 7 billion people.
That is why I think it is important for men to learn survival skills, and also to learn a trade that is applicable anywhere in the world (i.e. plumbing, auto mechanics, etc.). You can have a billion dollars in the bank, and if the powers that be decide that your money is no longer worth anything (unlikely, but technically possible), then you're screwed.
Money (and gold, diamonds, precious metals, etc.) only has value because we say it does. If enough people were to stop accepting it as currency, it would be worthless. If you're rich but you don't have survival skills, you are dependent on the global economic system. You cannot survive without it. Even somebody that knows a trade (e.g. auto mechanic) is still dependent on there being someone willing to hire him. That is why there is no substitute for survival skills (i.e. hunting, combat/firearms training, cooking, outdoor camping and backpacking, etc.) and friends/family you can trust.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we shouldn't focus on making money. You just need to have a backup plan. I just feel like you're not really a man if you are dependent on a system of men who you don't even know for your own (and your family's) survival.
PS: If anyone thinks I am describing a doomsday scenario that will never actually happen, just look at the Great Depression. That happened less than a century ago. Many hard-working responsible men were suddenly unable to support their families because the system, which they had no control over, had failed them.
"But Rob, the Great Depression only happened once. That was the first time in history that an economic depression of that magnitude affected so many people."
Exactly, because prior to the Industrial Revolution, most men still had survival skills. Even if most men had jobs and depended on someone else for income, you did not see entire societies turning over control of their lives to the system, like you saw post-Industrial Revolution.
Technology does allow the world to sustain a greater number of people, but it also makes it so that those people are dependent on technology for survival. If the world suddenly reverted back to its primitive pre-industrial revolution form, the majority of the human population would die, because the world would not be able to sustain anywhere near 7 billion people.
That is why I think it is important for men to learn survival skills, and also to learn a trade that is applicable anywhere in the world (i.e. plumbing, auto mechanics, etc.). You can have a billion dollars in the bank, and if the powers that be decide that your money is no longer worth anything (unlikely, but technically possible), then you're screwed.
Money (and gold, diamonds, precious metals, etc.) only has value because we say it does. If enough people were to stop accepting it as currency, it would be worthless. If you're rich but you don't have survival skills, you are dependent on the global economic system. You cannot survive without it. Even somebody that knows a trade (e.g. auto mechanic) is still dependent on there being someone willing to hire him. That is why there is no substitute for survival skills (i.e. hunting, combat/firearms training, cooking, outdoor camping and backpacking, etc.) and friends/family you can trust.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we shouldn't focus on making money. You just need to have a backup plan. I just feel like you're not really a man if you are dependent on a system of men who you don't even know for your own (and your family's) survival.
PS: If anyone thinks I am describing a doomsday scenario that will never actually happen, just look at the Great Depression. That happened less than a century ago. Many hard-working responsible men were suddenly unable to support their families because the system, which they had no control over, had failed them.
"But Rob, the Great Depression only happened once. That was the first time in history that an economic depression of that magnitude affected so many people."
Exactly, because prior to the Industrial Revolution, most men still had survival skills. Even if most men had jobs and depended on someone else for income, you did not see entire societies turning over control of their lives to the system, like you saw post-Industrial Revolution.