Stefan BohacekMay 30, 2025

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

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

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Show threadMitchell May 30, 2025
@stefan If I were from the distant future and came across these warnings, the disturbing faces alone would keep me away. Hopefully the expressions of fear and disgust are universal across cultures and times.
Show threadStefan Bohacek

@mitchell I hope so too, but you know how curiosity works! I wonder if it would be better to use reverse psychology.

"This way to free gold!"

Who'd fall for that!

May 30, 2025 at 3:15pmWeb