[extropy-chat] Dr. Strangelove - the "documentary" :-)

[Spike]

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> You really think ham radio or the internet will crash at 
> attack time? The 
> immediate loss of linkages will be a real tell tale that 
> something is up. 
> 98% of the survivors will know within 24 hours.



Oh they would find out soon enough.  The notion is that 
there are plenty of places that wouldn't be anywhere
near any conceivable target.  There are advanced
technological civilizations that have never had
(to my knowledge) any beef with anyone, such as
New Zealand.  Do they even *have* a military?  

Their point at Doctors for Disaster Preparedness is 
that nuclear war might end civilization as we have 
known it but would not end civilization.  What I found 
interesting is that the audience, being mostly medical
professionals, realized that radiation doesn't necessarily
slay proles.  Most who survived the blast and the possible
anarchy that followed would likely survive long term.

Life would go on, and human life would recover eventually.  
Technological libraries would survive here and there; 
within a few decades we could once again have 
sufficient technology to nuke ourselves.

spike