3 ms·
> Are there any youtube videos that go into the theory of proliferation and how an arms race works, or is there just not that much information available? I don
by michaelt 3y ago
> Are there any youtube videos that go into the theory of proliferation and how an arms race works, or is there just not that much information available?
I don't have a youtube video for you, but I do have a book recommendation: Thomas Schelling's "The Strategy of Conflict" from 1960.
The writing is extremely clear and accessible, by the standards of nobel-prize-winning economists.
- kortex 3y agoThis is also the work that introduced the idea of the game theoretical focal point, aka Schelling point https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_point_(game_theory) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_point_(game_theory)
- gosub100 3y agoThank you, I will check out the book. Yes I forgot that it is essentially economics at the core of it. All of the same economic arguments also apply to biological weapons too. Here's to hoping neither is ever used.
- sillywalk 3y ago> Here's to hoping neither is ever used. To nitpick: Hope they're never used again. I'd also argue that all of the states that have nuclear weapons have historically used them as a bargaining chip or trump card. Employing them, on the other hand.. To add to more Nuclear War / Strategic Theory info is another RAND fellow, Herman Kahn[0][1], and his book On Thermonuclear War [2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kahn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kahn [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/06/27/fat-man https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/06/27/fat-man [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Thermonuclear_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Thermonuclear_War