In 1979, an anonymous group erected a massive stone structure in Elbert County, Georgia. This modern-day stonehenge is more than twenty feet tall and arranged to serve as a calendar and a clock. Its slabs have instructions in eight languages for reconstructing society after the collapse of civilization. The instructions are more philosophical than technological, but perhaps nonetheless prudent:
PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS. LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT. AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS OFFICIALS. BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES. PRIZE TRUTH—BEAUTY—LOVE—SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE INFINITE. BE NOT A CANCER ON THE EARTH—LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE—LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE.
If you were composing brief instructions for survivors of the collapse of civilization, what would you write?
Link via Instapundit
They also had another great article on a sculpture at the CIA headquarters, that has crytopgraphers stumped.
If there's an apocolypse or whatever, the remnants left behind in tons of things will be useful (anything carved onto heavy buildings, etc), so is this one obilesk necessary, which it has just as much chance of being destroyed as other things? (unless they plan on making tons of these things all over the place).
It also kind of makes me wonder if other 'ancient artifacts' that we've found are also written in multiple languages. (I guess the rosetta stone was).
Always wear clean underwear when leaving the house.
34.231944, -82.894444).
It's unlikely in the case of a nuclear war that the Guidestones would be hit. There's a dozen bigger cities or military bases that would be more likely targets in Georgia.
Of course, in the more philsophical vein, we should also remind everyone to "Be excellent to each other. And party on, dudes!"
That should show'em
It is a T-shirt with "The Basics" for handling an emergency resulting from traveling back in time. That can also be viewed as "bombed back to the" stone age, ay?
Here you go:
http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=QW-CHEATSHEET&Category_Code=QW
I may have to get one for myself.
"Good friggin' luck !"
8-) A DIY-guide how to build the perfect bomb or virus to wipe out those last survivors- Leave the planet to other living beings, because us humans only make a horrible mess of it- The planet seems better off without humans.... :mrgreen:
1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
A 90+% population reduction and genetic discrimination? This is an argument for killing most of us off and then genetically engineering the survivors-- aka eugenics. No wonder someone vandalized these: http://www.prisonplanet.com/georgia-guidestones-vandalized.html
If I were leaving messages for post-apocalyptic survivors, I would say:
"Watch your back, it was an inside job."
And we see how well we all pay attention to THOSE rules...:-P
Funny, because I never saw a deadline for when the population should be under 500 million.
Maybe, just maybe it could be achieved by natural causes. More probable in the post-apocalyptic world where the population won't be 6 000 million.
2. Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
These stones scare the sh** out of me!
Don't listen to this load of crap. We destroyed civilization.
That should do it.
There's no need to, now be obedient and eat your Soylent Green and take your Soma.
Let the last one not forget to turn off the lights and to leave the keys under the doormat of the shelter...
Also included on the Georgia Guide stones, it says:
"1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000* in perpetual balance with nature.
2. Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
3. Unite humanity with a living new language."
* - #1 - 500,000,000 (that's less than 1/12 of the current population).
#2 - code for "create the master race"
#3 - anyone remember the tower of Babel?