I read an article once on post-apocalyptic movies which mentioned that, for all the verbiage explaining what the genre means and says about the modern state of man, the explanation for its enduring popularity is really very simple: at some point or another, every man wishes he had a nuke or two in his back pocket to make the world simpler. It happens to me every so often: I just, you know, want a change. And the end of civilisation as we know it would certainly be a change.
I mention this to explain in what manner I am rebuked by stories like this:
Gene therapy has been used for the first time to treat an inherited blood disorder in what doctors say is a major step forward.
A man given pioneering treatment to correct a faulty gene has made "remarkable" progress, a US and French team has revealed.
When the war comes and society disintegrates, there's going to be a lot of people suffering because the treatments they need will disappear. Also, this is pretty fantastic news. God bless the scientists working on this and the people who need their discoveries.
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Also on the BBC: "You gave up your friends for a new way of life/and both ended up as ex-husband and wife"; and UK rural broadband vs. carrier pigeons with USB sticks: pigeons win. Now that'd be an interesting business model - especially in a third-world or developing country: text-message to the pigeon-centre, they send a pigeon to your village with the information you desire. There are probably places in the world where this would be a cost-efficient way of doing things.
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