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>There have been long stretches of feudalism, warfare, and all-out anarchy and indeed the current relatively stable forms of government are not the norm histori
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 8y ago
>There have been long stretches of feudalism, warfare, and all-out anarchy and indeed the current relatively stable forms of government are not the norm historically. If all it takes to cause a nuclear meltdown is a brief lapse in order or relative peace, then that doesn’t strike me as very anti-fragile.
If that happens, the death caused by nuclear power will be the least of your concerns. A descent into anarchy would result in millions or tens of millions of deaths resulting from the collapse of civilization. A few hundred or thousand deaths from any nuclear power plants would be a rounding error in the calculation.
- amanaplanacanal 8y agoSince other systems are also fragile, we shouldn't care about adding one more? I'm pretty sure I'm against that line of thinking.
- pfdietz 8y agoIf the world descends into horrific disorder, I want our descendants to have lots of easily accessible plutonium so they can come out on top. :)