TED This Week!
Just a quick note… the TED conference is happening this week and it sounds like more talks (videos) will be posted on their website. If you’re not familiar with TED please check it out. You brain and soul will thank you. TED.com
Irwin Redlener: How to survive a nuclear attack
I came across this video on TED.com. It’s a talk by Dr Irwin Redlener on the ever present possibility of nuclear attack. When I was a kid I remember hearing a lot about the threat of nuclear war and what we needed to to survive. Ironically back during the cold war surviving a nuclear war was probably impossible. Today the threat of nuclear terrorism has increased and the threat of nuclear war has decreased, which, even more ironically, may be a good thing because we have a very good chance of surviving nuclear terrorism because the attack would be isolated and relatively small. Redliner also has a book on the topic: Americans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do
