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Re:John von Neumann Interview [video] by neilv on Saturday November 11, 2023 @08:03PM (#38236235)
> We'd be in for a really rough future if that arsenal ended up in the hands of a corrupt dictator who consolidated power to the point of eliminating any possible succession plan, thus guaranteeing a massive crisis when he inevitably died of old age.

If you're going to be a corrupt dictator, that perceived dead man's switch of succession chaos is a good way to die of old age?

Re:John von Neumann Interview [video] by philwelch on Sunday November 12, 2023 @10:17AM (#38240826)
Absolutely. Well played on his part.