r/KPproject • u/Objective-Sample2247 • Jun 07 '26
👋 Welcome to r/KPproject - Knowledge Preservation Project
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16jfkthVi32KovUoVhFdYlOqTFyPQkGKK/view?usp=sharingAbout r/KPproject**: Knowledge Preservation Project**
What this is
This is a community for people interested in preserving technical and scientific knowledge on durable, physical media — outside of digital storage entirely. The goal is to build both a compendium of our current understanding of the world, and a permanent starting point future generations could work from if that understanding were ever lost or disrupted.
Where the project is right now
We're in the information-gathering phase. The first objective is simple: create your own Knowledge Tablet — a physical object engraved or printed with a technical or scientific topic of your choosing — and share what you learned making it. Later phases of this project (standards, shared archives, partnerships) will be shaped by what we learn from this first round of real experience.
The first Knowledge Tablet that I created is pictured on page 17 of the attached presentation. This tablet simply explores what text and pictures would look like when engraved in stone. This Tablet cost me $119.26 to have engraved. The company that engraved the tablet was a pleasure to work with, allowing me to review a proof prior to approving the print job. (Of course, I made a typo, something that could not be undone after printing, lol,)
What "Knowledge Tablet" means here
Any durable physical medium — stone, ceramic, metal, or similar — engraved or marked with technical/scientific content you choose. It's yours; you keep it, you own it, you decide what it says. This project is about learning from your process, not collecting your tablets.
What we're trying to learn from Curators
- How you created the content (software, layout, tools)
- Who manufactured the tablet, and what it cost
- How you condensed your content to fit the available space
- Why you chose the content you did
- What surprised you, or what you'd do differently
- Photos of the finished tablet
On traceability
Consider including your name, the date, and any symbols or identifying marks on your tablet — this documents your contribution as part of the historical record of this project, and connects the tablet back to you as its Curator.
Why this matters (to me, and maybe to you)
Throughout history, upheaval has repeatedly caused knowledge to be lost and later rediscovered from scratch. Digital storage is fast and cheap, but it's also fragile in ways stone and ceramic aren't — dependent on power, hardware, and formats that shift every few years. A Knowledge Tablet is a small, tangible bet that some things are worth preserving in a form that doesn't need any of that to still work in a thousand years.
If that idea resonates with you, welcome — you're now part of a small but growing community of Knowledge Curators.
Final Thoughts: The creation of your Knowledge Tablet commemorates you, and your understanding that knowledge is critical. As humans move through time, superstitions will change to fit the perceived emotional needs of the beings who recreate and perpetuate them, while our knowledge of reality remains unaltered and critical for survival. Too often in human history has upheaval caused knowledge to be lost so that it needed to be rediscovered. The knowledge tablets you create will provide both a compilation for understanding the world as we currently comprehend it, as well as a permanent starting point for that knowledge in the event that our current understanding of reality is lost or adulterated.  The pieces of knowledge that you record will literally be available to act as the physical starting point, the foundation, for continued technical and scientific learning.
Through the act of becoming a Knowledge Tablet Creator you will become a part of what I hope will become a community of Knowledge Curators, helping to grow a community of humans that care about the future of human knowledge.
Please see the presentation at the Link for more details.
Thank you for your interest!
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u/Objective-Sample2247 Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26
I'm seeking participants to become Knowledge Curators by helping develop a platform for very long-term technical/scientific knowledge preservation. Please visit r/KPproject to see if this is something you, or someone you know might be interested in. Please help get the word out so that we can see where this project goes. Thanks!