The ties between Silicon Valley and the military run deep

Re:The ties between Silicon Valley and the military run deep by albntomat0 on Saturday June 09, 2018 @11:52AM (#17273577)

Debatable. There's a strong argument that nuclear weapons have prevented direct conflicts between the major powers (mutual assured destruction).

Of course, there are a number of situations in which nuclear weapons could end up being used in the future (or very nearly were used in the past), but saying nuclear weapons should be completely dismantled by everyone is not as clearly desirable as you make it seem.

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Re:The ties between Silicon Valley and the military run deep by hodgesrm on Saturday June 09, 2018 @12:31PM (#17273740)

Actually I only said that we should think carefully about this conundrum because it's the really important one. For a variety of reasons most people underestimate the risk of nuclear weapons.

As noted up-thread how you choose to react is a personal issue. At a minimum complacency seems like an unwise response.

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Re:The ties between Silicon Valley and the military run deep by albntomat0 on Saturday June 09, 2018 @12:46PM (#17273818)

Ahh ok, I misread your message. My mistake.

I've spent a good amount of time looking into the issue (for a number of reasons), and it seems to me that nuclear policy, on the level of an individual US citizen, is highly complex, especially if one concludes, as I have, that keeping nuclear weapons on some scale is the best option.

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