# One Year After  ## Metadata - Author: [[William R. Forstchen]] - Full Title: One Year After - Category: #books ## Highlights - One of the great weaknesses of the now lost digital age was its total dependence on electronic databases rather than old-fashioned backups with ink on paper. ([Location 861](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00TXAE6Z8&location=861)) - nearly all data from the decade prior to the attack had been lost. ([Location 866](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00TXAE6Z8&location=866)) - The Day had taught all that electricity was the fundamental bedrock of their entire civilization, so ubiquitous that no one really fully grasped how crucial it was until it was gone. ([Location 937](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00TXAE6Z8&location=937)) - “We did have a lot to do with it. We had all grown so fat, so complacent, and we always let someone else worry about such things, even though we knew that those we allowed to be in charge were far too often incompetent—or worse, self-serving and blind in their arrogance.” ([Location 1056](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00TXAE6Z8&location=1056)) - You always said the military, medicine, teaching, and the church were the noblest of professions. And you chose the military first.” ([Location 1958](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00TXAE6Z8&location=1958))