>What is the easiest way to bootstrap technology from scratch? It would probably be a lot easier in temperate climates where food is abundant; in many parts of the world too much effort would have to be spent on just staying alive.
If technology ceased to exist today, there would certainly be a massive die-off. Farmers would not have the ability, and possibly not the motivation to feed all of the newly-useless urban dwellers. Even if it would be possible for low-tech farming to feed everybody, it would be impossible to retool and retrain millions of people in time to plant this year. California would get it the worst. How would they even get across the desert and mountains to places where food is grown without irrigation?
If technology ceased to exist today, there would certainly be a massive die-off. Farmers would not have the ability, and possibly not the motivation to feed all of the newly-useless urban dwellers. Even if it would be possible for low-tech farming to feed everybody, it would be impossible to retool and retrain millions of people in time to plant this year. California would get it the worst. How would they even get across the desert and mountains to places where food is grown without irrigation?