tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-88818005856324719712008-01-08T21:52:00.000-05:002008-01-08T21:52:00.000-05:002008-01-08T21:52:00.000-05:00Science fiction writers in the 1950's and 1960's like H. Beam Piper and Vernor Vinge (in his early career before he discovered the Singularity) assumed that the next catastrophic war would destroy civilization in the Northern Hemisphere so that the handful of nations in the Southern Hemisphere had the burden of preserving and building upon the truncated share they managed to save.Mark Plushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03859046131830902921noreply@blogger.com