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Wow, that is eerily reminiscent of the deterrence in Liu Cixin's _Three Body Problem_ novels.
by prewett 3y ago
Wow, that is eerily reminiscent of the deterrence in Liu Cixin's _Three Body Problem_ novels.
- pjscott 3y agoA lot of the thinking in there is intellectually downstream of ideas invented by Cold War nuclear geostrategists, so that’s not too surprising. The desire to not get blown up drove some people to think deeply about how to deal with foreign civilizations that think differently from you, have conflicting interests, but also don’t want to get blown up.