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If anyone is interesting in more details, I really recommend the recent book "The Button" about how precarious the situation really is: https://www.amazon.com/

• TigeriusKirk 6y ago
  Another similar book is Command And Control by Eric Schlosser. It goes into a lot of detail about how nuclear weapons and their control systems evolved. Covers a number of accidents and near apocalypses along the way. One of my favorite books of the last decade, informative and very readable at the same time. https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/0143125788 https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Ill...
  • iab 6y ago
    Amazing book, although terrifying. In a similar vein is "The Doomsday Machine", Daniel Ellsberg. Reading this in conjunction with C&C will truly make you appreciate the insane run of luck we have had as a species in avoiding nuclear catastrophe (so far).
  • iab 6y ago
    Just came across this as well on today's fp: https://futureoflife.org/background/nuclear-close-calls-a-timeline/ https://futureoflife.org/background/nuclear-close-calls-a-ti...
• FabHK 6y ago
  I think you meant https://www.amazon.com/Button-Nuclear-Presidential-Power-Truman-ebook/dp/B07ZKVTXX1/ https://www.amazon.com/Button-Nuclear-Presidential-Power-Tru... (what you linked to is a "silly and sweet picture book [which] introduces young children to colors through humor and clever interactive elements.")
  • misiti3780 6y ago
    yes i did, thanks!