The Carrington Event in 1859 is a scary geomagnetic storm that would probably take out the GPS system and large parts of the power grid if it happened today. But evidence is mounting that it's small on the scale of potential solar flares to worry abouthttps://knowablemagazine.org/article/physical-world/2021/understanding-just-how-big-solar-flares-can-get?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=originals& …
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Becoming completely dependent on the internet over the course of 20 years ensures that anything that happens on timescales of 21 years or greater will destroy civilization. Fortunately, that same internet has also shown us why that's a good thing.
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How about money that relies on the Internet working to spend it?
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I've been worried about this for some time. Did you know the Earth just dodged a Carrington event in 2012? Missed being in its path by a couple of days. I wonder if the Mayans miscalculated... easy to lose a decimal when you don't have decimals ;>
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