AN/FPS-24 Radar Tower, Mt. Umunhum, Los Gatos, CA, 2024.
Cold war era pixels, no longer likely to interfere with your TV reception, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53796724938/
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I have mixed feelings about these cold war relics. On the one hand, they're artifacts of what was perhaps humanity's most dangerous folly to date, locking the world in a deadly game where the stakes only went up with each round. This doesn't seem like something to commemorate or celebrate.
On the other hand, these objects, many now destroyed or decayed, serve as visible evidence of just how close to oblivion we are willing to go. And looked at from the right angle, they have stories to tell.
@[email protected] eh, in many ways, the Cold War made us better, in the US at least - the pressures to do better WRT Civil Rights for all Americans would not have been the same without the ideological conflict/competition. The Pressure in the US to live up to our ideals was far higher than it is now with the GOP, for example...
@[email protected] It also almost wiped out civilization.
@[email protected] @[email protected] perhaps it was civilized to you, in those days.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Bye bye little troll.
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wow... Georgetown must be a robust hub of discussion and debate...
You must really love peer-reviewers.