The modern home is no survival shelter. It’s true that we’re comfortable in them, for now. But when the lifelines of electricity and water go off, we quickly find that our homes don’t meet some of the most basic things that human shelter requires.

“What is the number one long-term survival skill?”

I was asked this question not long ago by someone who was in the woods with me. And without any disrespect to the questioner, I’ll deal with the topic this way:

“Seek not the paths of the ancients; seek that which the ancients sought.” -Matsuo Basho.

In a message to my generation, I would echo the words of Adam Grant: “We need to stop worrying about being good offspring and start becoming good ancestors.”

It may sound presumptuous, even arrogant