Hm I thought heinlein had it figured out
human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a
hog, con a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build
a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate,
act alone, solve equation
Selection bias cuts a number of ways. While there are a lot of
thoughtful selection in the lists I skimmed, there was a notable bias
towards traditionally male skills. I saw one book on sewing and none on
spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, or felting. I saw nothing on
education, childcare, el
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014, at 07:57 AM, Charles Haynes wrote:
> I wonder how many of the books will be in Chinese. They say they aren't
> "limiting" nominations to english, but selection bias and subsequent
> voting
> bias will be huge.
>
> -- Charles
Very true indeed! BTW if you are interested in C
I wonder how many of the books will be in Chinese. They say they aren't
"limiting" nominations to english, but selection bias and subsequent voting
bias will be huge.
-- Charles
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:55 PM, skn wrote:
> Long Now Foundation has a very interesting project - Manual for
> Civil
Long Now Foundation has a very interesting project - Manual for
Civilization Lists, roughly 3500 books most essential to sustain or
rebuild civilization.
http://blog.longnow.org/02014/02/06/manual-for-civilization-begins/
The recent blog post on the subject has list from David Brin, Bruce
Sterling
