Programming Language for the End of the World
(wired.com)
Once I started thinking about the apocalypse, it was hard to stop.
Once I started thinking about the apocalypse, it was hard to stop.
Ask HN: How do you propose to rebuild industry in a post-apocalypse world?
(ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: How do you propose to rebuild industry in a post-apocalypse world?
Ask HN: How do you propose to rebuild industry in a post-apocalypse world?
Survey of physicists about the threat of vacuum decay
(effectivealtruism.org)
TLDR: Vacuum decay is a hypothesized scenario where the universe's apparent vacuum state could transition to a lower-energy state. According to current physics models, if such a transition occurred in any location — whether through rare natural fluctuations or by artificial means — a region of "true vacuum" would propagate outward at near light speed, destroying the accessible universe as we know it by deeply altering the effective physical laws and releasing vast amounts of energy.
TLDR: Vacuum decay is a hypothesized scenario where the universe's apparent vacuum state could transition to a lower-energy state. According to current physics models, if such a transition occurred in any location — whether through rare natural fluctuations or by artificial means — a region of "true vacuum" would propagate outward at near light speed, destroying the accessible universe as we know it by deeply altering the effective physical laws and releasing vast amounts of energy.
What would happen if you made a planet out of fish?
(james-simon.github.io)
In the fall of 2019, Ryan Roberts and I gave a talk to high schoolers at Berkeley Splash on analyzing absurd scenarios with real physics.
In the fall of 2019, Ryan Roberts and I gave a talk to high schoolers at Berkeley Splash on analyzing absurd scenarios with real physics.