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Totally expected this to be about how, after earth’s digital information is wiped out by a solar event, the knowledge of how we do anything will only be preserv
by halfcat 2y ago
Totally expected this to be about how, after earth’s digital information is wiped out by a solar event, the knowledge of how we do anything will only be preserved in physical books.
I think about this often, as I’m reading or listening to a digital book, and I’ve started going back to buying more physical books.
- chubot 2y agoI find it hard to imagine a solar event that will wipe out info on both sides of the earth evenly :-) I think all the missing people and countries would be just as big a problem …
- crooked-v 2y agoI think the reference is more about geomagnetic storms caused by solar flares, like the Carrington Event (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event), which if it happened today would probably wreck most power grids across the planet.