I used to have an occasional joke at
The American Prospect about how we should stop wasting time with article about wage stagnation and start devoting more energy to real problems -- like the risk of mass extinction caused by an asteroid. But Greg Easterbook actually did the work and
wrote a great article about the problem. And the
Atlantic web team made a great video to go along with it. Here's a preview:
See web-only content:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/06/the-asteroid-menace/48763/
Full film (it's about ten minutes) available
here. Check it out.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/06/the-asteroid-menace/48763/
