[nfb-talk] A Society Of the Blind

Michael Bullis mabullis at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 14 17:35:41 UTC 2009


Every since the movie Blindness came out I've been looking at various
attempts to portray what would happen if there was sudden and mass blindness
in a society.  Most of what I've found is poorly written so I'd like to take
my own hand to the matter.

What I'd like to know is whether any of you can conceive of a fairly
realistic situation in which a society might indeed become blind.  I'd
prefer that it be most or all of the population rather than some small
minority which would be set upon by service providers.

Is there some scientific or biological related phenomena that could cause
this?  Are there any modern weapons that might, when they explode, burn the
retinas of all who were in the vacinity?

Any help off list would be appreciated.  It just seems to me that somebody
who actually knows something about the subject of blindness should write one
of these books/stories.
Mike Bullis





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