On CollapseOS

A few days ago I stumbled on a gemini capsule whose author discussed the numerous technical limitations of the Collapse OS endeavour. Indeed I went to collapseos.org to get a first hand account of what it is about. The premise is that given a not to big, nor too small, collapse of the electronics supply chain before 2030, the project may help communities keeping a leading advantage on others in the field of electronics. Given the provided terms of the problem, the rationale for the project is clearly not the outcome of a strict hypothetico-deductive line of reasoning. First off, the tight integration between financial markets and computing technology means that the money will protect itself by protecting the supply chain. I see the recent price hike in consumer tech as a corroboration of that protective mechanism. Then, the argument that a community will be better off with electronics and computing skills is valid as long as the attrition of electronics impacts only consumer and not…