redidiott

The prepared people who gather food and rebuild tech will probably lose it to thugs with guns. Then those thugs will use the resources and knowledge to become tyrants. It seems pretty pointless.

Two things: 1) From a personal standpoint, it seems like it's better not to invest the time and energy to prepare to re-establish civilization since, you'll be mass-mugged and probably murdered, anyway. More logical, if preparing at all, to arm yourself and those close to you and train. (I don't do this, b/c I don't think I'll see the end)

2)If we can't prevent our collapse the first time around, and end up having to go through all the brutality of the last few millennia up to and including the present, we really don't deserve a second chance. Regardless of disaster, there's going to be a giant culling of the human race; when the dust settles we'll be isolated tribes with each run, quite probably, by a local warlord/tyrant/chief. Then the whole empire building thing will start again.

I guess I just don't care enough about a human race that wouldn't prevent its own downfall after it's already acquired the requisite knowledge and skill to do so.