Annie Jacobson seemed very well informed and quite articulate on the subject. Krauss is as well. What obsesses me however is that none of the books, articles, papers, documentaries or any other form of media on the subject of nuclear weapons really do any good. The same goes for my comments and blog. All of it goes in one ear and out the other.
I want to read a book by experts which just admits that nothing anyone has said or done for 75 years has even come close to removing the threat. What's happening instead is that we are engaged in a process whereby we keep doing the same things over and over and over to no effect while expecting that will someday somehow lead to a different result than complete failure.
As example, Annie Jacobson's book, like all such books, seems built upon an assumption that if we had adequate information that would make a difference. There is actually no credible evidence to support such an assumption, but instead 75 years of evidence to the contrary.
I once suggested to Krauss that scientists might stage a series of strikes, that is, replace information with leverage. He immediately dismissed the idea, and he was right, not going to happen. So the plan elites have in mind seems to be to keep on writing books that never work while ignoring anything new that might.
The problem is that the genie ЁЯзЮ is out of the bottle and will never return. All we can do is try to contain the technology and to find ways not to use it. A truly sad state of affairs. Pax
All anyone has to do is to read Nuclear War by Annie Jacobson to understand how a nuclear exchange will mean the end of the world. Pax
I watched the entire interview of Annie Jacobson by Lawrence Krauss, and commented extensively on the interview on Krauss's Critical Mass blog.
https://lawrencekrauss.substack.com/p/ad-free-video-this-is-the-way-the
Annie Jacobson seemed very well informed and quite articulate on the subject. Krauss is as well. What obsesses me however is that none of the books, articles, papers, documentaries or any other form of media on the subject of nuclear weapons really do any good. The same goes for my comments and blog. All of it goes in one ear and out the other.
I want to read a book by experts which just admits that nothing anyone has said or done for 75 years has even come close to removing the threat. What's happening instead is that we are engaged in a process whereby we keep doing the same things over and over and over to no effect while expecting that will someday somehow lead to a different result than complete failure.
As example, Annie Jacobson's book, like all such books, seems built upon an assumption that if we had adequate information that would make a difference. There is actually no credible evidence to support such an assumption, but instead 75 years of evidence to the contrary.
I once suggested to Krauss that scientists might stage a series of strikes, that is, replace information with leverage. He immediately dismissed the idea, and he was right, not going to happen. So the plan elites have in mind seems to be to keep on writing books that never work while ignoring anything new that might.
The problem is that the genie ЁЯзЮ is out of the bottle and will never return. All we can do is try to contain the technology and to find ways not to use it. A truly sad state of affairs. Pax