END OF THE WORLD IN A BUNKER

END OF THE WORLD IN A BUNKER

A farmer and cattle rancher from Kauai, Hawaii, is building a set of mansions connected to a central hermetically-sealed bunker to withstand tsunamis, nuclear attacks or meteorite impacts. The construction and land acquisition expenses have already surpassed $248 million dollars, but this project might have gone unnoticed if it weren’t linked to billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook.

Construction began in 2014, resulting in a large survival complex at this precise GPS location (22.2064138, -159.3640994), spanning an area of 500 hectares, approximately 65 times the size of the Palace of Versailles. Various locations on this island have served as settings for films like Jurassic Park and Pirates of the Caribbean.

SURVIVAL HAS A PRICE

It’s clear that Mark Zuckerberg takes theories of a "great reset" seriously, but a question arises: would cryptocurrencies like Bitgesell or Bitcoin still hold any utility after a global-scale disaster? For the Bitcoin or Bitgesell network to remain secure and active, full nodes must keep complete copies of the blockchain and verify transactions. Even if the Starlink satellite network kept running, it would still rely on logistics and physical infrastructure on Earth. If those were destroyed, the satellite network alone wouldn’t be self-sustaining.

CHAOS AND THE LAW OF THE STRONGEST

In a scenario where 99.99% of the world’s population, including myself and the reader, perished in a cataclysm, the value of money, gold, diamonds, bitcoin or bitgesell in Mark’s bunker would be reduced to zero. Anything dependent on the internet, like Facebook, YouTube, X, Telegram, Instagram, Google, Artificial Intelligence, etc., would cease to exist. The value of things would also shift dramatically. We would regress to a period before the Bronze Age, where one kilogram of potatoes would be more valuable than one kilogram of gold. Living in a world with no hospitals, pharmacies, supermarkets, supply logistics, roads, firefighters, stocks, comedians, politicians or Bitgesell, what good would wealth be?

With chaos and survival of the fittest ruling the streets, intelligence would likely become the new law. Is Mark right to be prepared for the worst, in a place far from everyone and everything?

EVERYONE IS IMPORTANT

Mark Zuckerberg's idea reveals a fear of something that may or may not happen at any time in our history. He doesn't have privileged information. Just fear sentiment based on predictive models about various variables.

Historical records from France, for example, speak of a period in the Medieval era known as the Little Ice Age, which occurred between the 14th and 19th centuries. During this time, the cold in winter was so intense that wine bottles would freeze in cellars and public bonfires were necessary on the coldest nights to keep the population warm.

Hope is always the last to die. We must trust in the Kuiper Belt and the giant planet Jupiter to serve as effective barriers against comets reaching Earth. We must trust that atomic bombs will never again be used, for fear that no one would survive and everything would become radioactive. We must trust that some aliens are allies and good friends; hurricanes, tsunamis and volcanoes will not be catastrophic as we progress on the Kardashev scale. No one is alone and we have the precious human ability to care for one another.

History teaches us that those who cannot live with the people around them, creating security, value, wealth or general well-being will not be able to thrive in isolation for long. 

Until proven otherwise, the end of the world is only for those who die! So, as long as the world keeps turning, whether you prefer to live in a bunker or a beach house, everyone is needed where they are. In fact, everyone needs Bitgesell!

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