“What are the conditions that you think it would be acceptable for the US to deliberately burn 100,000 civilians alive?”
“If you disengage, then the only people…making decisions on this issue are going to be the people who have a lot to gain from it.”
https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/7/24/23800777/oppenheimer-christopher-nolan-atomic-bomb-true-story-los-alamos-manhattan-project
Who is Oppenheimer? The physicist’s complicated views on nuclear weapons
Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer poses tough questions about America’s nuclear arms program, J. Robert Oppenheimer’s “worst nightmare.”
Referencing Schelling to say nobody reads Schelling becoming a Schelling Point in deterrence literature means we probably won’t need AI to kill us off.
Department of Defense Releases its 2022 Strategic Reviews – National Defense Strategy, Nuc
The Department of Defense released the unclassified National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Review, and Missile Defense Review.
I would pay a shiny nickel if people who don’t have doctorates would stop pigeon-holing me based on what discipline my doctorate is in.
Herman Kahn’s 44-rung “escalation ladder” is a metaphor.
Kevin, the nuclear deterrence integrity eagle, is making a list of lies told about U.S. Government officials for the purpose of interfering with their public duties related to nuclear weapons policy. If you feel like helping Kevin, please reach out.
Quite a few USG organizations would benefit substantially from hiring someone who has repeatedly and recently read Brodie, the Wohlstetters, Schelling, Halperin, Kahn, Nolan, Steinbruner, and Jervis.
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