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> We may have hit a point where the concept of large-scale war is just too expensive, economically and morally. In 1913, "less than a year before the Great War
by acqq 7y ago
> We may have hit a point where the concept of large-scale war is just too expensive, economically and morally.
In 1913, "less than a year before the Great War broke out, the Economist reassured its readers with an editorial titled “War Becomes Impossible in Civilized World.”
“The powerful bonds of commercial interest between ourselves and Germany,” the Economist insisted, “have been immensely strengthened in recent years … removing Germany from the list of our possible foes.”"
http://blogs.reuters.com/anatole-kaletsky/2014/06/27/world-war-one-first-war-was-impossible-then-inevitable/ http://blogs.reuters.com/anatole-kaletsky/2014/06/27/world-w...
> can't currently even justify a Vietnam-scale conflict, much less a WWII-scale one.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/24/doomsday-clock-risk-of-global-annihilation-remains-at-cold-war-highs.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/24/doomsday-clock-risk-of-globa...
"Doomsday Clock timekeepers say risk of global annihilation remains at Cold War highs"
- beat 7y agoYeah. We don't have enough data for a solid proof. On the other hand, WWI and its sequel were really sobering for Europe.
- Recurecur 7y ago>"Doomsday Clock timekeepers say risk of global annihilation remains at Cold War highs" The only reason for that is the misguided decision to include some fuzzy-headed interpretation of catastrophic, anthropogenic global warming (CAGW) in the risk of "doomsday". The risk of actual nuclear war is far lower today than it was during the Cold War. The risk of an individual nuclear weapon going off in a city is much higher, however.
- acqq 7y ago> The risk of actual nuclear war is far lower today than it was during the Cold War. The risk of an individual nuclear weapon going off in a city is much higher, however. Please explain why do you think that the systems that are automatically triggered by the nuclear weapon going off in a city would not do what they are designed to do: all respond to the perceived attack with their full power. Also explain how the humans trained to start the retaliation sequence would all not do what they are trained to do, once a city where their families are gets destroyed. The "doomsday machines" are real. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand