Well, I was countering that false dichotomy of bushcraft=good skills/survival=marketing bull while linking to the previous point I made about survival and bushcraft becoming one. For example, Mors Kochanski is one of the most well-respected bushcrafters, but in reality he was more of a survivalist (at least philosophically, he was a survival instructor after all). And I think it is a misconception to say that survivalism is all marketing, one could say the same about bushcraft. How much of it has become purchasing gear and going out for day hikes and doing videos of your new knife? This is partly due to the shift to Ray Mears, with very British stylings and a lot of the real action occurring behind the scenes, just not exciting and flashy like the survival programs. Ray Mears also had a tv crew with him. He's definitely a skilled and knowledgeable guy but the British tv aspect of it makes the woods a bit like a museum, and that has seriously changed the approach to camping for a lot of people.
The list of ten factors of survival is also 'practical stuff' and is just as important; perhaps even moreso, as it pertains to necessities of life rather than recreation alone. And I think it would be quite hard to look at what's going on in the world today and conclude that planning for disaster isn't particularly useful. In an instant whole communities can be threatened by a natural disaster, or millions by war. And the way of life as we know it simply cannot go on forever as there are not infinite resources and cheap energy, i.e. more energy goes into producing food now than what is extracted and the energy used is generally destructive to future land health. In bushcraft terms the world system now is the obese guy going into the woods with an oversized pack and a trailer, with cameras everywheres to broadcast himself and keep himself entertained, lighting fires scattered here and there without a care if they destroy the trees or spread wildly, tossing garbage everywheres, showing off his tools and never using them for anything practical, destroying grounds and marauding other campers' sites. How do you think such a camping trip would work out if it became a survival situation? And the big problem is, he is creating his own survival situation. So even if you think it is a waste of time others around you may be in need of those skills and ideas, or future generations at the least.
