Ensuring post-apocalyptic survival at TL8?

Langy · 12-05-2009, 10:51 PM

That passage you quoted doesn't refute anything about what I said. It's true, and it's certainly something I know, but it doesn't change the fact that a community that has people working in specialties will be more efficient than a community that has everyone doing everything. A guy who is trained really well to be a farmer will be a better farmer than a guy who's trained to be a farmer, a doctor, and an engineer, even if the other guy is just as good at farming as the first guy - the first guy has a compartive advantage at farming. Similarly, efficencies of scale apply to manufacturing, agriculture, etc.

12-05-2009, 10:51 PM	#28
Langy Join Date: May 2008 Location: CA	Re: Ensuring post-apocalyptic survival at TL8? That passage you quoted doesn't refute anything about what I said. It's true, and it's certainly something I know, but it doesn't change the fact that a community that has people working in specialties will be more efficient than a community that has everyone doing everything. A guy who is trained really well to be a farmer will be a better farmer than a guy who's trained to be a farmer, a doctor, and an engineer, even if the other guy is just as good at farming as the first guy - the first guy has a compartive advantage at farming. Similarly, efficencies of scale apply to manufacturing, agriculture, etc.