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Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by UweSchmidt on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:27PM (#13483522)
Realistically, society can make a comeback from pretty much any conceivable catastrophy. Similarly to the situation in communist countries, where important things were scarce and money was worthless, surviving would depend on cooperation and mutual trust, not on defending your bunker and playing out a Mad Max movie.

While self-defense has its place I wonder which attitude would prevail.

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Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by forgetsusername on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:16PM (#13484138)
>society can make a comeback from pretty much any conceivable catastrophy

I agree. Where disaster preparation matters is in that period between "catastrophe" and "recovery". How long before things are normal again? Is that period a week? A month? A year? How bad will it get in between? That's what you need to survive.

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Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by UweSchmidt on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @02:44PM (#13485252)
"Things get normal again" only if people come out of their bunkers and put away the gun and pick up a shovel and a hammer instead. Build huts, clear the debris and plant seeds, not take the remaining fuel for the helicopter.

If this concept is not clear anymore after too many seasons of Walking Dead then I don't know.

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Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by robertk on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:27PM (#13483526)
Not AI.
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Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by gallerdude on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @12:29PM (#13483554)
I mean, with AI we end up with utopia for everyone forever OR a mass extinction event. Seeing I'm going to die anyways, I'll take those odds.
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Re:Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich by jdc0589 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @01:44PM (#13484486)
unless there replicators are involved. then we are screwed, no chance of utopia. sci-fi has taught us this.
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