This was a really interesting article. It makes a lot of sense. I think this mentality of permacomputing is largely hamstrung by the limited and ephemeral supply of chips that we've got.

This post tries to impose situations that would mitigate that reality, but I think we'd still be a far cry from manufacturing microchips in any appreciable numbers post-collapse. I really can't say whether or not we'd pull that off. I'm not educated enough on the concept to make a decent guess.

It's a good reminder for the future though that our computing time is likely limited in the long run if we don't shape up and run society better. :)