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On the other hand Iain M. Banks had "out of context problems" which arrive in civilizations "like a full stop in a sentence." Also William Gibbson's idea of Th
by sgt101 8y ago
On the other hand Iain M. Banks had "out of context problems" which arrive in civilizations "like a full stop in a sentence."
Also William Gibbson's idea of The Jackpot is pretty relevant. All the dice can roll to six and you get a situation which you can't walk out of - so radical climate change (or even not so radical), economic depression and a fairly throaty nuclear exchange or two.
Fix that.
- AstralStorm 8y ago1) Climate change takes many years. Let me remind you of a recent one called the end of Little Ice Age. Before that, there was Medieval Warm Period. The one currently happening is unprecedented but likely not impossible to adapt to, nor fix on century lengths. It will be more painful the longer we let it run though. 2) Big nuclear exchanges? Nuclear exchanges as projected are expected to be local, we don't even have enough nukes to raze all major cities. 3) Economic depression has happened multiple times so far. With various interesting results, from World War II to Computer Era. :) The closest thing I can think of is "Rock Falls, Everyone Dies". Generally a rock moving at km/s from out of Solar System. Last time this happened dinosaurs got extinct. The other one is a nearby gamma ray emitting supernova. This could sterilize most of the planet.