When you final­ly get started.

I lis­te­ned to this while wri­ting this post, try it while you read :o)

This is the thir­tieth in a series of posts reflec­ting on our willin­gness to remem­ber and the qua­li­ty of that know­ledge. These posts should be read in order of publi­ca­tion. Star­ting with num­ber six, for example, would make no sense to the rea­der. Hap­py reading!

So it’s time to go back to our first topic in our list of know­ledge and tech­niques to main­tain for the sur­vi­val of our know­ledge and know-how. I have alrea­dy men­tio­ned a book that could gua­ran­tee a consi­de­rable amount of infor­ma­tion to pre­serve, but is it enough? I don’t think so. For example, some vital signs can be quite simple and accu­rate without the help of tech­no­lo­gy. In terms of heart­beats, a watch or an hour­glass could be used. It could also be a metro­nome or a pen­du­lum. Of course, coun­ting time using mne­mo­nics could be rela­ti­ve­ly inac­cu­rate, so an ins­tru­ment could be use­ful for stan­dar­di­zing the taking of measurements.

Length, for example, could be taken using the meter. But if we decide to take our mea­su­re­ments using ano­ther scale, a stick of any length for example, the impor­tant thing would be to have access to the details requi­red to create a repli­ca of this stick. In terms of mea­su­ring time, the same would be true for an hour­glass. Buil­ding a watch is a grea­ter chal­lenge, although possible.

You see, it’s not as simple as saying, “Make sure you have a watch in your sur­vi­val kit”. You have to know how to make it and be able to do it.

To be continued…

-Dan­ny

I’m Dan­ny (aka Coa­ch­Dan­ny). I have a pas­sion: humans. Come with me and take this minute eve­ry day to explore what’s going on today and why is it tren­ding. Click here to get your dai­ly thought right on time for break­fast.

Sources: https://solomotivation.com

Trans­la­tion by Abbie Sims: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acsims/

Last Upda­ted on Decem­ber 10, 2020 by Coach Dan­ny