"Don't change color, kitty." - ROMAN MARS, Ten Thousand Years, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #TenThousandYears #NationalKittenDay #RomanMars

Nuclear semiotics is an interdisciplinary field of research with the goal of communicating nuclear waste warning messages well into the next 10,000 years. Attempts include written messages, physical markers, artificial satellites, and a song designed to be "so catchy and annoying that it might be handed down from generation to generation over a span of 10,000 years".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amn3kn0XPLQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages

#language #linguistics #communication #music #NuclearSemiotics #NuclearWaste #TenThousandYears

10,000-Year Earworm to Discourage Resettlement Near Nuclear Waste Repositories (Don't Change...

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"The dude spent time in the '70s working with Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan on the Voyager Golden Record." - MATTHEW KIELTY, Ten Thousand Years, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #TenThousandYears CarlSagan #HappyBirthdayCarlSagan #MatthewKielty
"You've got pirates out marauding on the high seas." - MATTHEW KIELTY, Ten Thousand Years, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #TenThousandYears #TalkLikeaPirateDay #MatthewKielty
"Actually, Carl Sagan proposed it." - JON LOMBERG, Ten Thousand Years, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #TenThousandYears #CarlSaganDay #JonLomberg