Today I learned +

[Dannyalcatraz]

Roman clothing didn’t have pockets. They used small packs on shoulder straps and belts, armbands thst could hold a small quantity of stuff, and carried bags, along with other ways of dealing with things they wanted to take around with them. So if you’re ever shifted back to the Roman republic or empire, invent pockets.

Hellooooo, cargo togas & pteruges!

 

[Rabulias]

Scarcity.

A recent study shows that “Provisioning decent living standards (DLS) for 8.5 billion people would require only 30% of current global resource and energy use, leaving a substantial surplus for additional consumption, public luxury, scientific advancement, and other social investments.”

Way back in my college days (late 1980s) I had a geography professor who asserted that Earth had the resources to comfortably support about 15 billion people. He was quick to point out the problem was populations were unevenly distributed, and are not always located alongside the natural and man-made resources needed to support them.

 

[trappedslider]

TIL That the novel Starship troopers was on the USMC reading list

 

[Ruin Explorer]

TIL That the novel Starship troopers was on the USMC reading list

Explains a lot about the USMC honestly.

 

[trappedslider]

Explains a lot about the USMC honestly.

It was removed around 2010

Commandant's Professional Reading List (Foundational) - Marine Corps Association

Please note: You are viewing the Foundational Commandant's Reading List, which is comprised of the CPRL as it was before General Berger released his new CPRL.

www.mca-marines.org

and the newer one Commandant's Professional Reading List - Marine Corps Association

 

[trappedslider]

and now i have learned that both Ready Player One and Ender's game are on the recommended reading list for the USMC

 

[Bedrockgames]

and now i have learned that both Ready Player One and Ender's game are on the recommended reading list for the USMC

Enders Game was quite good

 

[Bedrockgames]

TIL That the novel Starship troopers was on the USMC reading list

I didn't agree with the point of view of this book but I liked it a lot

 

[payn]

Enders Game was quite good

Ripped off a lot of Heinlein's ideas I wasn't too hot on to begin with.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Ripped off a lot of Heinlein's ideas I wasn't too hot on to begin with.

He was inspired by him for sure but the moral message and overall story of Enders Game was quite different (Starship Troopers is very pro-war, whereas Enders Games is a lot more of an anti-war book)