I’ve always thought of the movie the matrix. The architect tells neo that they’ve destroyed them 7 times before. Then look at some of the things that have been found from ancient times here that are hard to explain. I’d argue civilization is more fragile than ever with most peoples knowledge stored outside of their brain ie. Computers…… scary thought that a solar flare big enough could put us into the Stone Age. Things may have been reset before and we’d never know.
I've wondered if that was a metaphor for previous societal collapses.
It's also clear that previous civilizations have had technologies that would be considered advanced for them, or possibly to us.
I've speculated on the concept of a massive time loop, tied into the concept as the earth as a soul prison. That the "prophets" somehow get a peek into other incarnations to try to shift humanity into "passing the test" so to speak. If humanity passes, we can move onto bigger and better without the DS. If we fail then a new loop is restarted.
Anyway, yes, computers and electronics, being heavily specialized and generated in high tech operations. If there's nobody to teach anyone how to build or use techniques, then they are lost until rediscovered.
I’ve always thought of the movie the matrix. The architect tells neo that they’ve destroyed them 7 times before. Then look at some of the things that have been found from ancient times here that are hard to explain. I’d argue civilization is more fragile than ever with most peoples knowledge stored outside of their brain ie. Computers…… scary thought that a solar flare big enough could put us into the Stone Age. Things may have been reset before and we’d never know.
I've wondered if that was a metaphor for previous societal collapses.
It's also clear that previous civilizations have had technologies that would be considered advanced for them, or possibly to us.
I've speculated on the concept of a massive time loop, tied into the concept as the earth as a soul prison. That the "prophets" somehow get a peek into other incarnations to try to shift humanity into "passing the test" so to speak. If humanity passes, we can move onto bigger and better without the DS. If we fail then a new loop is restarted.
Anyway, yes, computers and electronics, being heavily specialized and generated in high tech operations. If there's nobody to teach anyone how to build or use techniques, then they are lost until rediscovered.