Born To Lose
April, 2014
In "The New 9/11" (November) Chip Rowe points out that America is vulnerable to cyber attack. Many vital systems—electricity, clean water, telecommunications— depend on networking. Should these be compromised, we'd be in trouble. But thinking about how we'd survive without such resources revealed for me something much more elementary: Many people don't know how to live without modern conveniences. Think about electricity in conjunction with food preparation and storage. Now remove e...
