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I mean it was messed up, which is why the other world powers raced to develop their own capabilities. And it remains messed up to this day - some countries get

I mean it was messed up, which is why the other world powers raced to develop their own capabilities. And it remains messed up to this day - some countries get to be under their own nuclear umbrella, while others don't. This kind of selective distribution of superpowers doesn't lead to great outcomes

baq 7mo ago
in that case in particular it led to 80 years of relatively calm geopolitics kinetically, all things considered. I'm not sure I want to live through an AI cold war, but it sure seems I don't get to choose.
- pizlonator 7mo ago
  > relatively calm geopolitics kinetically Relative to what? There's this trend in history that every hundred years there's a giant blow up, lots of violence, followed by peace. It's likely that we would have had 80 years of relative calm due to that cycle even if nukes hadn't happened
  - baq 7mo ago
    > Relative to what? to WW1 and WW2.
    - pizlonator 7mo ago
      History tells us that we would have had calm after WW2 even without nukes
      - baq 7mo ago
        — someone in 1918, probably