Andart

A tale of two reactors

A tale of two reactors - I blog about the Fukushima incident, and what comparing it to the Chernobyl incident tells us about the importance of personal media and the open society.

I had a moment of clarity when I noticed that I am actually sitting in the same chair, in the same corner of my mother's flat right now as I was when I heard about the Chernobyl incident. Yes, I am still in front of a computer, a few thousand times more capable than the first one. And I am getting news a thousand times faster, with more diversity and with better consistency checking thanks to the Internet than through that single radio channel I once listened to. Far from perfect, but we are getting there. Especially since there are now far more people around who can report, not just better transmission of the reports.