And assuming there are survivors, just how far back would the survivors regress in terms of society, technology and so on?
Would we just get bombed back to the Stone Age, or might we just be on a more recent level like the medieval era or later?
The reason I ask, I can vaguely recall a film I saw as a kid on TV way back in the 80s, probably on a Sunday morning on UK Channel 4, staring Arthur Lowe in some sort of post-apocalyptic setting where he spent most of his time sitting inside the ruins of an old tube train (or similar) reading the newspaper while his wife went around making him breakfast while he told his daughter he was very concerned about her smoking. Suffice to say, I can't recall the name of the movie, but it did leave its mark and since no one seemed to be in any rush to repair stuff it certainly looked like society had crumbled and everyone was trying to Keep Calm And Carry On. But I have wondered just how likely it is that people would just end up acting like that, still doing the same day-to-day things out of a need for some normality when the world's gone to hell.
Likewise, for a bit more spice, let's say Earth was on a more advanced level, say any period of Star Trek, Archer, Kirk, TNG era as a whole or DISCO in the 30/31st century. Let's say the entire Sol system got bombed to ruination and no one came to help rebuild, just how far back would any of them be likely to regress to?
Would we just get bombed back to the Stone Age, or might we just be on a more recent level like the medieval era or later?
The reason I ask, I can vaguely recall a film I saw as a kid on TV way back in the 80s, probably on a Sunday morning on UK Channel 4, staring Arthur Lowe in some sort of post-apocalyptic setting where he spent most of his time sitting inside the ruins of an old tube train (or similar) reading the newspaper while his wife went around making him breakfast while he told his daughter he was very concerned about her smoking. Suffice to say, I can't recall the name of the movie, but it did leave its mark and since no one seemed to be in any rush to repair stuff it certainly looked like society had crumbled and everyone was trying to Keep Calm And Carry On. But I have wondered just how likely it is that people would just end up acting like that, still doing the same day-to-day things out of a need for some normality when the world's gone to hell.
Likewise, for a bit more spice, let's say Earth was on a more advanced level, say any period of Star Trek, Archer, Kirk, TNG era as a whole or DISCO in the 30/31st century. Let's say the entire Sol system got bombed to ruination and no one came to help rebuild, just how far back would any of them be likely to regress to?