I am been fascinated by Edward Teller and the x-ray laser. It strikes me as a case of a golden hammer [0]. Here he had an incredible tool: a thermonuclear weapo

I am been fascinated by Edward Teller and the x-ray laser. It strikes me as a case of a golden hammer [0]. Here he had an incredible tool: a thermonuclear weapon. It can destroy a silo, a fleet of ships, or a city. What else can we do with it [1]? Maybe for the best it didn’t work out. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_instrument [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excalibur https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excalibur