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Ironically, nukes were a substitute technology for large armies. So they were also a cost reduction - for those "advanced" enough to join the nuke club. Like i
by ArkyBeagle 12y ago
Ironically, nukes were a substitute technology for large armies. So they were also a cost reduction - for those "advanced" enough to join the nuke club.
Like it or lump it, the logic of MAD is still inescapable. It's a real-life Catch-22 that's led to a large scale peace.
Nukes are only useful if you don't use them but project the ability to use them. As Nash equilibria go...
- mikeash 12y agoCheaper peace, more costly war, sounds good! My worry with nukes is the black swan events. Used to be there would be a big war every few decades. Nukes put a stop to that... but what if instead of a big war every few decades, they just mean there's a really, really big war, once, after a long period of relative peace?
- ArkyBeagle 12y agoYou have to make the protocols ...wait for it... failsafe.