I just pulled the quote exactly as I found it. If suppose if I were making the list, I'd probably put "drive a car", as that's a more critical skill to modern everyday life.
I think I was also presuming that a few of these were "hitchhiker's towel" skills. If you know how to butcher a hog, then you can probably butcher most large animals and know a decent amount about dressing and preserving meat. If you can plan an invasion, then you know how to coordinate large groups of people, how to choose the best of a series of bad options, etc.
Though I suppose if I was making a list of all the skills a well-rounded person should have, I'd add in a bunch of things like: Swim 100 yards, sew a button or affix a patch, start a campfire, tie secure knots, clean and dress a wound, navigate by map, and know when to ask for help.
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Date: 2008-11-11 08:39 pm (UTC)I think I was also presuming that a few of these were "hitchhiker's towel" skills. If you know how to butcher a hog, then you can probably butcher most large animals and know a decent amount about dressing and preserving meat. If you can plan an invasion, then you know how to coordinate large groups of people, how to choose the best of a series of bad options, etc.
Though I suppose if I was making a list of all the skills a well-rounded person should have, I'd add in a bunch of things like: Swim 100 yards, sew a button or affix a patch, start a campfire, tie secure knots, clean and dress a wound, navigate by map, and know when to ask for help.