Here comes the sun—to end civilization

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  07.03.22 Here Comes the Sun—to End Civilization Occasionally, our star fires off a plasma bomb in a random direction. Our best hope the next time Earth is in the crosshairs? Capacitors. BY MATT RIBEL | 13-MINUTE READ Every so often, the sun lobs a plasma bomb out into the solar system. Usually this fast-moving mass of charged particles doesn't hit anything, because space is very big and the sun can't aim. But sometimes a planet happens to be spinning in its crosshairs. And sometimes that planet is full of puny DNA-based organisms whose civilization relies on a wispy electrical grid. In that case, if the bomb is fired at just the right moment and hits at just the right angle, the effect on the civilization can be catastrophic. Matt Ribel, in his first feature for WIRED, offers a play-by-play of what could happen when the next big coronal mass ejection hits Earth, from the moment the first GPS satellites go dark to the months-long blackouts and the overrun hospitals and morgues. He asks the questions any puny organism would, when faced with this game of cosmic Russian roulette: Can we predict it? Can we protect ourselves from it? Or are we going to lose a good chunk of modern civilization because people were too cheap to install capacitors? Anthony Lydgate | Features Editor Can Democracy Include a World Beyond Humans? BY JAMES BRIDLE | 11-MINUTE READ A truly planetary politics would extend decisionmaking to animals, ecosystems, and potentially AI. A Pandemic Tragedy on Brazil's Lago Verde BY FÁBIO ZUKER | 6-MINUTE READ A dispatch from the Amazon: A beloved leader was the first Indigenous person in Brazil to die of Covid—a loss entwined with her people's fight for sovereignty. One Day, AI Will Seem as Human as Anyone. What Then? BY JOANNA J. BRYSON | 9-MINUTE READ A Google engineer's claim that the LaMDA program is sentient underscores an urgent need to demystify the human condition. Are You Ready to Be Surveilled Like a Sex Worker? BY OLIVIA SNOW | 7-MINUTE READ FOSTA/SESTA laws deplatformed sex workers and set the stage to overturn Roe v. Wade. Democracy Is Asking Too Much of Its Data BY DAN BOUK | 8-MINUTE READ The latest US Census—used to decide representation in Congress—is flawed. One surprising solution? Enlarge the House of Representatives. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. Includes the print edition plus editor in chief Gideon Lichfield's column, System Update. Subscribe now. Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions

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