Comments on: The Plague of Our Complacency https://www.quantumcannibals.com/the-plague-of-complacency/ a novel, and a website about science, progress and culture Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:02:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: admin https://www.quantumcannibals.com/the-plague-of-complacency/#comment-1232 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:02:18 +0000 http://www.quantumcannibals.com/?p=3196#comment-1232 In reply to Yosef Robinson.

Some volcanic eruptions caused severe cooling, which led to serious disruptions in the food supply. It was an invisible destroyer, that no one could do anything about. There’s an interesting article in the National Post today, talking about how people historically ignored taking action to save lives.

]]> By: Yosef Robinson https://www.quantumcannibals.com/the-plague-of-complacency/#comment-1231 Fri, 03 Apr 2020 01:25:03 +0000 http://www.quantumcannibals.com/?p=3196#comment-1231 It would be interesting to speculate what effects a very severe volcanic eruption along the lines of Krakatoa or Tambora would have on our world, in which both transportation and communications have dramatically expanded since both of those eruptions. (And no, Pinatubo wasn’t quite as severe.) Like, what the similarities and differences would be with the current coronavirus pandemic.

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