“With nine degrees of warming, computer models project that Australia will look like a disaster movie. Habitats for most vertebrates will vanish. Water supply to the Murray-Darling Basin will fall by half, severely curtailing food production.” LooksFallWaterHalfDegreesComputerProjectsModelsProductionsDisasterNineAustraliaDarlingHabitatFood ProductionVertebratesDisaster Movie Author:Jeff Goodell
“Centralization of society's vital services in giant computer centers, reservoirs, nuclear power plants, air- traffic control centers, 100-story skyscrapers, and government compounds increases its vulnerability. ... choosing his targets, today's saboteur could pollute a city's water supply, dynamite power transmission towers, cripple an airport control center, destroy a corporate or government computer center.” StoriesGovernmentTodayWaterCitiesAirComputerIncreasePlantNuclearCorporateVulnerabilityGiantsTargetTowersTrafficAirportsCompoundsTransmissionNuclear PowerReservoirsCripplesDynamiteSkyscraperPower PlantsCentralizationSaboteursAir Traffic ControlTraffic Control Author:Anatol Rapoport
“People call me an optimist, but I'm really an appreciator ... years ago, I was cured of a badly infected finger with antibiotics when once my doctor could have recommended only a hot water soak or, eventually, surgery.... When I was six years old and had scarlet fever, the first of the miracle drugs, sulfanilamide, saved my life. I'm grateful for computers and photocopiers ... I appreciate where we've come from.” PeopleYearsFirstsWaterDrugSixComputerYears AgoAppreciateDoctorsMiracleHotGratefulFingersSavedCall MeSurgeryOptimistFeverScarletSix Year OldsHot WaterAntibiotics Author:Julian Simon