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This is still an major unresolved issue. It requires ongoing vigilance and is a major headache for people the world over. The nuclear threat is not “in the pas
by djjsjsnjns 23d ago
This is still an major unresolved issue. It requires ongoing vigilance and is a major headache for people the world over.
The nuclear threat is not “in the past”.
- SoftTalker 23d agoGranted, but it's not top of mind like it was then. It was very much the same as current AI fears, a lot of concerned scientists and talking heads focused on doom and projecting we'd never make it to the next century as a civilized society.
- hunterpayne 23d agoTell me you don't understand deterrence without telling me you don't understand deterrence. Without nuclear weapons, WWIII happens in 1962. People that call it "an unresolved issue" are far more likely to cause warfare because you think of geo-politics as a series of problems to be solved. That's not how it works. Its about managing and moderating passions, not about "solving" problems. The constant injection of people who think this way is the cause of political violence and war. They are not the people who will "solve it" and bring about "the end of history". This is one of the greatest ironies of life.