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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Dougherty<br><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Electoral College and 1177 BCE<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 1:02 AM Keith Henson <<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On the other hand, we might find a brand new way for our civilization<br>to fall apart. Widespread computer and network failure might do it.<br>I wonder how close we would need to be to a GRB to wipe out the<br>technical infrastructure?<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…GRB or EMP, i think the probably of "war" spilling onto the technology infrastructure is higher than xrisk from natural phenomena. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…Maybe there doesn't even need to be a physical attack, memewars are pretty effective too…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eh, memewars don’t really wreck stuff all that much. It just causes us to be pissed off at each other. That can be easily enough repaired, more easily than bombed out factories, destroyed infrastructure and farmland, crippled people. With memewars, we have the option to just stop at any time, to become a memewar non-combatant, an option I chose some time ago.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>