> I have seen recently several discussions in the HN/Substack blog milleau about nuclear war “not being that bad.” I think that was a fear of death cope. Downp

> I have seen recently several discussions in the HN/Substack blog milleau about nuclear war “not being that bad.” I think that was a fear of death cope. Downplaying such events reduces the temporary anxiety of thinking about living in a world where nukes have been unleashed. It's hard to overstate how annihilating these weapons are to the areas that are struck by them, and how decimating they are even to the population areas not directly struck but heavily dependent on the major population centers.