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Ignorance is perhaps bliss: So, at least, goes the familiar adage. But to be carefree is to be irresponsible, when there exist so many concerns—unimagined horrors—which ought to keep us up at night. Conrad writes in Heart of Darkness of the supposed comforts of the civilized worlds, the “butcher round one corner, the policeman round another,” both readily at hand to feed us and uphold our constructed laws.
But our world and our universe are replete with natural forces far beyond human controls: What hope can Man hold against a hurricane? A meteor? A super-volcano? How can he persist when his buildings, the very monuments of his civilization, can topple in the breeze? Indeed, we are poised to destroy ourselves: Nuclear war remains an all-too-real possibility; global warming marches on unrelentingly; and our machines threaten to supplant humanity as the dominant “life-forms,” gradually making us obsolete. This collection of broadsides includes everything you would have been just as happy not to know about ten such phenomena, places, and events, all very real, all very frightening.
It is in the interest of preserving an informed citizenship that we remind you: What you don’t know might hurt you.
FEATURES:
– Global Warming
– Mons Flammas Eructans: Supervolcanoes
– Not with a bang, but with . . .
– Invisible Killers: Great Plagues Throughout
– 2045: The Singularity
– A Perfect Storm: The Citicorp Center
– Close-Calls: Narrowly Avoiding the Third World War
– The Global Ocean Conveyer Belt
– Mass Extinctions
This unique Broadside is one of many in our Broadside Library, a collection of quotes, poems, recipes, musings, and more, which aim to both amuse and inspire.
Give it as a gift, keep it for yourself, frame it, hide it, find it again, however you choose to enjoy this traditional style of publication, it is sure to be the perfect keepsake for any occasion.
Our Broadside Collection is 100% Hand Crafted in the USA using the finest archival materials.
