What are the most important industries for civilization?

Plumbing is pretty important. Concrete and construction too. Also farming.

I guess I'm just wondering which industries we really can't do without if we want to keep functioning. What could we not lose without slipping into some kind of dystopian hellscape?

Posted Nov 7, 2025, 10:21 PM UTC

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