alt Hacker Newsanother famous piece of Von Neumann lore is that he constantly advocated nuking the Soviets.
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senderista • yesterday at 6:37 PM
Even Bertrand Russell briefly advocated this. "Better dead than Red."
another famous piece of Von Neumann lore is that he constantly advocated nuking the Soviets.
Even Bertrand Russell briefly advocated this. "Better dead than Red."
I was wondering if someone would mention this.
It's interesting how much worse off the world would be if the smartest people were in charge of it.
What ultimately blocked his nuke proposals? (Why didn't anyone listen?) I'm curious about whatever failsafe that was.