We could all be winners ultimately if the worst comes to pass in this case and the disaster shakes the foundations of nuclear weapons denial. This wouldn't be a nuclear weapons event specifically, but it would be a mass radiation event, which would have much the same effect as a nuclear weapon beyond the immediate local area.
We could all be winners ultimately if the Ukraine war teaches us that allowing the knowledge explosion to provide people like Putin with ever more, ever larger powers at an ever faster pace is unsustainable, and presents a do or die challenge for the modern world.
We could all be winners ultimately if such an event persuades us that what we've been doing about nuclear weapons and violent men since WWII is never going to make us safe. The sooner we face that, the sooner we'll be receptive to the necessary new ideas.
After 75 years there simply is no credible evidence that we're ever going to conquer these threats through a process of reason alone. If true, then sooner or later there is going to be some big event like an explosion at this plant, and somebody is going to have to pay the price for our stubborn ignorance. I hope it's not in Ukraine, but if it's not there, it will be some place else.
What I keep hoping experts will start writing about is this...
What should be the role of nuclear weapons experts and activists when the one bad day does happen, and consciousness raising is no longer necessary?
We could all be winners ultimately if the worst comes to pass in this case and the disaster shakes the foundations of nuclear weapons denial. This wouldn't be a nuclear weapons event specifically, but it would be a mass radiation event, which would have much the same effect as a nuclear weapon beyond the immediate local area.
We could all be winners ultimately if the Ukraine war teaches us that allowing the knowledge explosion to provide people like Putin with ever more, ever larger powers at an ever faster pace is unsustainable, and presents a do or die challenge for the modern world.
We could all be winners ultimately if such an event persuades us that what we've been doing about nuclear weapons and violent men since WWII is never going to make us safe. The sooner we face that, the sooner we'll be receptive to the necessary new ideas.
After 75 years there simply is no credible evidence that we're ever going to conquer these threats through a process of reason alone. If true, then sooner or later there is going to be some big event like an explosion at this plant, and somebody is going to have to pay the price for our stubborn ignorance. I hope it's not in Ukraine, but if it's not there, it will be some place else.
What I keep hoping experts will start writing about is this...
What should be the role of nuclear weapons experts and activists when the one bad day does happen, and consciousness raising is no longer necessary?
North easterly’s spring/summer. Just who does putin think he’ll radiate?