[Raellus]

Good call, B.T.

I think the answer to the poll question depends on whether one is thinking about it from an immediate survival perspective, or one focusing on long-term recovery. If it's the former, then a medical doctor or farmer is hard to pick against.

However, in the case of the latter, librarians could definitely come in handy- thanks to the internet, it's easy to forget how to find answers to questions without it. Accountants would also be important in any rebuilding process. Accountants are one of the first civilized professions. Historians and archaeologists believe that the first writing systems (Sumerian cuneiform, for example) were developed to keep records of tax levies. You need money (or food- ancient taxes often took the form of products or services) to pay for materials and workers to rebuild. You need someone keeping track of all of the incoming and outgoing resources or there's going to be a lot of inefficiency and waste.

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