" escaped the effects of a global nuclear war through luck and sensible judgement by a large number of people" -: And sometime by a surprisingly small number

" escaped the effects of a global nuclear war through luck and sensible judgement by a large number of people" -: And sometime by a surprisingly small number of people too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov#Early_life_and_military_career https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov#Early_life_an...