The thing is ... the numbers involved - the cost, the yield of the thermonuclear devices - are, like interstellar distances, beyond comprehension in the day to day. If people can't get worked up about climate change - the effects of which can be seen everyday - you can't expect them to get worked up about what they can't comprehend. The …
The thing is ... the numbers involved - the cost, the yield of the thermonuclear devices - are, like interstellar distances, beyond comprehension in the day to day. If people can't get worked up about climate change - the effects of which can be seen everyday - you can't expect them to get worked up about what they can't comprehend. The phrase "not in my lifetime" comes to mind. To a contemporary audience, references to Hiroshima (Nagasaki never gets mentioned) and the events of 79 years ago is like talking about the Stone Age. Again: "Not in my lifetime."
The thing is ... the numbers involved - the cost, the yield of the thermonuclear devices - are, like interstellar distances, beyond comprehension in the day to day. If people can't get worked up about climate change - the effects of which can be seen everyday - you can't expect them to get worked up about what they can't comprehend. The phrase "not in my lifetime" comes to mind. To a contemporary audience, references to Hiroshima (Nagasaki never gets mentioned) and the events of 79 years ago is like talking about the Stone Age. Again: "Not in my lifetime."