Carl Sagan once said:
"We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces." —Carl Sagan
I confess I re-blogged this quote without knowing its original context, so I have to guess Sagan's point was to push for a lot more science education.
That's a good idea. However, if/when it "blows up in our faces" (economically, environmentally, politically) it will be too late. So we also need a contingency plan to teach and empower people to survive, even thrive, with minimal technology off the grid.
