While you do have a good point, I think that any disaster that requires ham radio for communication would also likely have taken out the local power grid leaving consumer power line networking inoperable.
I know virtual is cheaper, but since a little social revolution in the 1970s, how exactly is everything going to be virtual? You'll still need buildings and someone to supervise the kids.
Ah, OK, finally read the fine article. That is what he's saying.
So let me see if I understand the current beliefs of the trendoids. Homeschooling is evil, but $15/hr techs can supervise 50+ kids they have no personal stake in, and facilitate all learning from YouTube. Got it.
Their people are locked behind their firewall and don't get to see any criticism the government doesn't want them to see.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. It's effectively no different in China than it is in the west. Yes there are people who are locked behind technology, just like there are Americans who only ever watch Fox News. Maybe it's representative of where in China I was staying, or the class of people who I worked with, but all of them had some form of service to get around the great firewall. Even if they don't at home or on their phone (I realised this when people constantly showed me stuff on Google Maps which is blocked) then if these people work for an international corporation they nearly always have some form of corporate VPN too.
The people are well and truly clued in on what their government is doing.
Riiight
And you actually think that it is the Fox News viewers who are sealed in the ideological bubble, instead of yourself. Amazing.
And maybe mitigate or eliminate a possible extinction event down the road.
Like putting a pin in a balloon! Ahh, probably not the best example.
This app, giving people real time updates on their smart phones, is probably not the best thing we could have for public safety. More than a few knuckleheads would likely think they were doing the right thing by putting it on their phone, until they try to read it while driving and end up causing an accident by way of their distracted driving.
Good thing smart phones have speakers. Waze already make use of audio for turn alerts, they can do they same for Amber alerts.
"Apple Watch Sport with 42mm Silver Aluminum Case and Blue Sport Band"
AKA "the one no body wants".
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.