tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post7632091053272709531..comments2024-03-28T03:10:19.013-07:00Comments on Fraggmented: The Two Big Mistakes 'Revolution' MadeJohn Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-28199629158588065602014-03-01T08:47:02.537-08:002014-03-01T08:47:02.537-08:00Jack monkey, watch it, they explain why electrici...Jack monkey, watch it, they explain why electricity is out (happened to be a bigger story plot so didn't flash all their goodies immediately). They have steam powered buses and different things. Honestly, we are a pretty lazy society so if electricity all the sudden stopped working. It would take us a while to figure things out differently, as we are dealing with diseases (no medicine, hot water, ...), panic, and militias. It would be something like that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-28688339184281295462012-10-03T02:07:05.533-07:002012-10-03T02:07:05.533-07:00Yeah, actually dealing with the immediate effects ...Yeah, actually dealing with the immediate effects of a loss of electricity might be interesting, but it would be far too grim for network TV. Have you read Dies the Fire by SM Stirling? It's the same kind of situation.Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463830236807322107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-67702294942936435832012-10-02T11:31:39.920-07:002012-10-02T11:31:39.920-07:00I'm with you on the first point. To me, the i...I'm with you on the first point. To me, the interesting thing about this concept is seeing how people dealt with a world without electricity and the workarounds they come up with. On the other hand, I actually approve of the time skip. The first few years after such an event is going to be massive fatalities and a truly appalling amount of violent chaos, which I'd just as soon skip. That kind of thing gets old fast, and a little goes a long way. There is a reason that we have had disaster movies, but no disaster TV series in the past (well, 24, but that's a special case). Baelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04185257727915642497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-65983912264935995142012-10-01T17:28:48.740-07:002012-10-01T17:28:48.740-07:00Except people are incredibly complacent. It's...Except people are incredibly complacent. It's the reason we've developed models that replace the combustible engine and gasoline but still rely on those. It takes an incredible amount of will to embrace something new. (Smart phones are small computers. And although computers have been around for decades, the older generations still consider them alien objects.)<br /><br />So it's not surprising but rather completely appropriate to imagine a world where people have been told electrical devices no longer function to accept that as fact and not development something new. There's wariness on top of a a lack wanting to embrace something new.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.com