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Re:How Vulnerable Is the World? by thejackgoode on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @03:11PM (#26255096)
When the pandemic started it just coincided that I learned about the Bronze Age Collapse. I remember myself thinking about how a similar situation would unfold today.

What if a meteor hits now? Solar flare strong enough to take out electronics? Some country deciding tactical nuke warfare is acceptable? A supervolcano?

How many simultaneous catastrophes can current civilization survive?

Only definite conclusion is that Isaac Asimov will not go out of fashion soon.

Re:How Vulnerable Is the World? by TimBurr on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @05:29PM (#26257023)
Speaking of Asimov, "The Dead Past" explores government controlled research, which the article proposed as one defense against black-ball ideas.

Without spoiling too much, the story revolves around suspected government suppression of a time-viewing device. The story's pretty easy to find online; the link below lists books it appears in.

http://www.asimovreviews.net/Stories/Story046.html