Sometimes, I wonder...as I see so many people voicing hate and intolerance (these days)...whether the memories of history are being lost and people will get to the point that they wind up in another situation where nuclear weapons are actually considered a viable option. It doesn’t seem so far fetched when we consider that the global financial crisis of only a decade ago has been forgotten and we’re well on our way for a repeat performance, the cost and lessons of racism from 50 years ago have been forgotten while bigots and xenophobia run rampant through modern society, and we perpetually put worse and worse candidates into public office, never learning from the mistakes of those who held office in the past. We, as a species, are supposed to be constantly moving forward and making progress,however, when you see people’s’ Facebook feeds with posts about ‘how great life was in the past and we wish we could have that again’, it is clear that people have a selective memory. I wonder if we should go even further back, become hunter/gathered again, disregard the science and innovation that even allows us to post those messages, travel the planet and live well beyond early life expectancies. Surely, there is a lot these people are overlooking. I wonder if they realize how dangerous it is to move backwards and why they are so afraid to move forward. Maybe it isn’t that modern life is worse. Maybe it is a leadership problem. Maybe people should be selecting new leaders with modern and progressive, productive ideas rather than fools who want to bring back the past and ruin the progress we have already achieved. I guess we will know when we start seeing mushroom clouds. Some people never learn. That is not social failure. That is personal failure. When that becomes the status quo, the end of the human race will be well in sight.

Sometimes, I wonder...as I see so many people voicing hate and intolerance (these days)...whether the memories of history are being lost and people will get to the point that they wind up in another situation where nuclear weapons are actually considered a viable option. It doesn’t seem so far fetched when we consider that the global financial crisis of only a decade ago has been forgotten and we’re well on our way for a repeat performance, the cost and lessons of racism from 50 years ago have been forgotten while bigots and xenophobia run rampant through modern society, and we perpetually put worse and worse candidates into public office, never learning from the mistakes of those who held office in the past. We, as a species, are supposed to be constantly moving forward and making progress,however, when you see people’s’ Facebook feeds with posts about ‘how great life was in the past and we wish we could have that again’, it is clear that people have a selective memory. I wonder if we should go even further back, become hunter/gathered again, disregard the science and innovation that even allows us to post those messages, travel the planet and live well beyond early life expectancies. Surely, there is a lot these people are overlooking. I wonder if they realize how dangerous it is to move backwards and why they are so afraid to move forward. Maybe it isn’t that modern life is worse. Maybe it is a leadership problem. Maybe people should be selecting new leaders with modern and progressive, productive ideas rather than fools who want to bring back the past and ruin the progress we have already achieved. I guess we will know when we start seeing mushroom clouds. Some people never learn. That is not social failure. That is personal failure. When that becomes the status quo, the end of the human race will be well in sight. - "If I was looking at you now, I would see all your bones." Meet some atomic veterans and find out what it’s like to experience a nuclear bomb explosion up close.