Untitled iven all the choices of things in the world, I believe I would choose tools as the one thing I would most want with me on a desert island.
Tools help re-shape our surroundings.
Working with available resources, tools empower our imagination. But the problem with a desert island is not the lack of amenities, but the limited access to resources. Even a person with imagination and good tools is limited. Information and knowledge have always been an important and powerful force in human history. Armies have won wars and civilizations flourished because of better information and knowledge.