How To Rebuild Civilization

[sylvar]

I think this might be my new favorite TV show. Starting with just a survival knife, we learn how to make fire, how to use that to make lye, and how to use that (with animal fat) to make soap. Other episodes show how to make a clay kiln, how to use that to get copper and tin from ore, and how to use that to make bronze. It never assumes the existence of too much technology -- just the one survival knife and whatever we've learned from previous episodes.

And, hey, the more people who watch HTRC, the better chance we've got of bootstrapping civilization following humanity's next great "whoops". It's a *practical* show.

Now will someone PLEASE do me a favor and start producing this show? I, for one, am waiting eagerly to watch it. All I've got at the moment is this idea, but I know there's got to be someone at the Discovery Channel who wants to buy a full season.

Comments

[tally-cat.livejournal.com]

And, how. I'd watch it.

[songdancer.livejournal.com]

Is this a show that already has a pilot, or one you'd like to propose to Discovery channel? I know I'd be interested in watching it.

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

One I'd like for someone else to make. I've only got the idea.

[fizzgig-bites.livejournal.com]

It sounds like Connections (I think that is the name.)

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

This "Connections" or another one?

[fizzgig-bites.livejournal.com]

That Connections.

[sylvar.livejournal.com]

Cool. Thanks!

[ekelur.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have the perfect person to cast as your star: Jason's friend Mike, who for whatever reason decided Seattle was too posh, so he moved his family to Middle Of Nowhere, Alaska. Where they live in a cabin with no electricity, no running water, and whatever moose they catch is what they eat for the whole winter. (They do communicate using an internet cafe in the next town, so this is how we get updates via Facebook.) If you need someone to shun civilization and Les Stroud isn't available, Mike's your man!