Morrow Project as a workable concept

[cosmicfish]

Originally Posted by ChalkLine

When I think of MP it just, to me, seems unworkable.

Thinking that four to eight volunteers fighting future shock is going to make a difference is unlikely. If we look at simple humanitarian efforts at home we can see that it takes lots and lots of people and millions of tons of equipment and supplies.

Restarting the world is going to take much more than that. Even just the United States, although national boundaries will be meaningless, is going to take an enormous amount work and capital.

That depends on what you expect to do. The goal of the Project is to restore civilization... eventually. Using the surviving resources 5 years post-war. You are comparing that to efforts to immediately restore current civilization using current levels of wealth. That's not a fair comparison.

Look at what the Peace Corps does, or Special Forces, for a more accurate comparison. The goal is to provide security and necessities of life as soon as possible, and then work towards an advanced civilization over time.

And there would be no future shock after 5 years, and the Project is probably 10,000 to 50,000 people, not just one team.

Originally Posted by ChalkLine

Now, Morrow would know this. Anyone would know this which is why the project is secret.

Something is going to happen 150 years after the apocalypse and Morrow is sure quite where and quite when but when it does happen he wants security, rebuilders and scientists available.

What the hell is it?

In this scenario, what could Morrow handle, and how would deceiving the entire Project and misallocating those resources help? Why do that? If Bruce can convince influential people about the war, why not just show them what is really going to happen and then prepare for THAT?

I think you are barking up the wrong tree here.