On 7/25/2017 6:35 PM, Phil Pugliese (via tml list) wrote:
In fact, a case could be made that a fairly low TL system that still had a large numbers actual living at that level, as can be found in many cases right here on this planet, all the way down to the Bushmen of the Kalahari,
could also continue on indefinitely. Of course, those that had become dependant (over-dependant?) upon higher tech than the system could indigenously support would be hurting.
Unless a Coke bottle fell from the sky...and then all bets would be off.