I may just need to order a copy of De Re Metallica. There are online copies but the thing is like 600 pages and bugger if I'm gonna read all that...
Resource mining. That one you posted is the one I found already, which is more about the other thing.
Does anyone know any good documentaries on the title subject? The only one I found that wasn't five minutes long was more about undermining and...
I suppose I'll do a small bit of clarification: I'm not literally asking how one might get their bearings in the first few hours of this new...
Basically a continuation of my previous thread on this subject, this time I'm pedaling all the way back to the very earliest days of hunting and...
Given this exact question was posted in the GiantITP forums not-quite-word-for-word, I believe it's supposed to be Robespierre. That's who was...
Ultimately it's gonna boil down to the author's personal outlook on the world. Personally I think the idea of anyone having "seen it all" requires...
I'm generally of the mind that a personality isn't something you decide on. This is mostly based on my own mental framework - my self-identity is...
If it's me you're asking, then they don't get born. Not that they'd be able to meaningfully self-identify with the entirety of their existence. To...
Naturally there are no "rules" for immortality besides meeting some basic similarity to the definition of the word, so everyone does their's a...
The degree to which magic impedes the progress of technology is proportional to its mass applicability. In a world where magic exists, it's not...
Yeah, I don't think the corpses would be the biggest concern here. Earth has handled extinction-level events before, on scales that I suspect...
Perhaps this doesn't apply to everyone, but at least for me journals, margin notes, outlines and idea webs can only carry my thought processes so...
Beginning to think that the most sensible strategy for developing civilizations would be a "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" mentality. Humans...
As mentioned in the previous post, humans were cattle-slaves of a global empire that got very abruptly wiped out. This left human populations...
I believe the usual terms are "hard magic" and "soft magic," respectively. A pretty basic rule in my setting is that mortals can't control magic,...
Well, crop rotation has been around for thousands of years, so evidently it's not that hard to figure out. Plus humanity's pre-history... history...
Focus is easy. Basically it's to keep things "on topic." Each round has a particular Focus, as decided by the Lens. All new additions to the...
Good points all around. So, back to the primary topic of discussion, how would humans travel safely from place to place? To give a brief rundown...
I don't know how many here are familiar with the game Microscope, but it's a tabletop collaborative worldbuilding game which I picked up a while...
