From: Robin Lee Powell (rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org)
Date: Mon Sep 26 2005 - 12:25:40 MDT
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 11:02:35AM -0700, Phil Goetz wrote:
> > The problem is not a comet hitting the planet and killing us all
> > off before we get to the Singularity. The problem is humans
> > developing (and subsequently misusing) nanotechology, or a
> > nuclear war breaking out, or any other number of human-generated
> > worldkills.
>
> In 1979, the US Office of Technology Assessment (since dissolved
> by the W. Bush administration) put out a publication called "The
> Effects of Nuclear War" (still available on the OTA CD set).
http://www.fas.org/nuke/intro/nuke/7906/
-Robin
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