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Here’s a chance to ask - I’ve been trawling my history and searching like mad to find an article I read a year or two ago which I’m almost certain was linked fr
by nfg 7y ago
Here’s a chance to ask - I’ve been trawling my history and searching like mad to find an article I read a year or two ago which I’m almost certain was linked from HN. It was an essay or opinion-piece about nuclear war which I believe was written in the 50s or thereabouts by someone who was an involved in the Manhattan project. In my head I think it was called something like “the meaning of war in the age of atomic weapons” or something along those lines. Does anyone have any idea what I might be remembering? For what it’s worth the tone was negative!
- Luc 7y agoSomething by Oppenheimer perhaps? E.g. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1949/02/the-open-mind/305431/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1949/02/the-ope... Or Einstein: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1947/11/atomic-war-or-peace/305443/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1947/11/atomic-...
- nfg 7y agoLuc these both seem so close to what I have in mind, but neither are it. Thanks so much though - if nothing else they’re both great reads!