Post by ukron on Feb 5, 2021 16:48:00 GMT
Hello everyone, today a disaster event, what if the events described by Stephen King in his novel "cell" had occurred in 2005? (publication date of the book)
Reminder and spoiler for those who have neither read the novel nor seen the film (2016 with John Cussack and Samuel L Jackson), a primary "wave" transmitted by mobile phones turns all users of these into berserk hyper-violent during "The Pulse" (around 3:00 p.m. Boston time, October 1).
The novel focuses on a group of survivors fighting against the "infected" and does not evoke the fate of government or possible external action (Stephen King describes in his preamble that the whole world has collapsed in the chaos and one of the protagonists explains that government action is impossible because it depends on cellular networks)
The use of a cell phone leads to be transformed (to a varying degree depending on the distance from the device), the primary wave "reboot" the higher functions of a human brain at first, but at the over the weeks (+2 to 3 weeks after the impulse) a collective consciousness is formed around the herd practicing a form of telepathy (able to push a normal individual to be pushed to suicide) and endowed with a certain intelligence. (the fact that the cellular antennas are equipped with emergency generators is an artistic license of the author, and allows the gathering of herds around some of these points).
The origin of this wave remains mysterious but seems to evoke an experience involving a computer network, three weeks after the pulse, the quality of the wave deteriorates and leads the newly infected (long history but collective intelligence and telepathy pushes the "infected" to convert survivors) to be more and more erratic (and sometimes even endowed with a certain awareness of themselves).
The author speaks little of a state response (the Boston Police Department seems quite effective at the start of the crisis, their communication echelon being carried out by radio) but is very interested in resistance led by civilians. relatively weak, there are even collaborators).
I add a degree of realism, considering the time zones (it is obvious that less people will be on the phone in a time zone immersed in the night), demographic considerations (small rural communities could be very little impacted by this wave) and political (the North Korean population and a large part of the African population do not yet have a cell phone).
What do you think is a state, governmental or international response to this unprecedented crisis (if they exist).
Reminder and spoiler for those who have neither read the novel nor seen the film (2016 with John Cussack and Samuel L Jackson), a primary "wave" transmitted by mobile phones turns all users of these into berserk hyper-violent during "The Pulse" (around 3:00 p.m. Boston time, October 1).
The novel focuses on a group of survivors fighting against the "infected" and does not evoke the fate of government or possible external action (Stephen King describes in his preamble that the whole world has collapsed in the chaos and one of the protagonists explains that government action is impossible because it depends on cellular networks)
The use of a cell phone leads to be transformed (to a varying degree depending on the distance from the device), the primary wave "reboot" the higher functions of a human brain at first, but at the over the weeks (+2 to 3 weeks after the impulse) a collective consciousness is formed around the herd practicing a form of telepathy (able to push a normal individual to be pushed to suicide) and endowed with a certain intelligence. (the fact that the cellular antennas are equipped with emergency generators is an artistic license of the author, and allows the gathering of herds around some of these points).
The origin of this wave remains mysterious but seems to evoke an experience involving a computer network, three weeks after the pulse, the quality of the wave deteriorates and leads the newly infected (long history but collective intelligence and telepathy pushes the "infected" to convert survivors) to be more and more erratic (and sometimes even endowed with a certain awareness of themselves).
The author speaks little of a state response (the Boston Police Department seems quite effective at the start of the crisis, their communication echelon being carried out by radio) but is very interested in resistance led by civilians. relatively weak, there are even collaborators).
I add a degree of realism, considering the time zones (it is obvious that less people will be on the phone in a time zone immersed in the night), demographic considerations (small rural communities could be very little impacted by this wave) and political (the North Korean population and a large part of the African population do not yet have a cell phone).
What do you think is a state, governmental or international response to this unprecedented crisis (if they exist).
