The Risk Homeostasis of Nuclear War

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There were people like Stanislav Petrov and Vasili Archipov who should have holidays named after them because they disobeyed orders and stopped the escalation of what would have ended up in nuclear war. So it's an example of risk homeostasis that oh the zeitgeist is that the nuclear risk are always far more remote and unrealistic prospects relative to reality. The risk is very real now. I'm coming back on the 11th on June 12th is going to be the largest NATO military exercise in history called Defender 23. With all these things you never know when there's going to be a flub up or a mix up or a mistake and then that mistake has to be

Recorded June 2nd, 2023

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On this Frankly, Nate unpacks his thoughts on the escalating situation between Russia and Ukraine. US and NATO have been cautiously supporting Ukraine, but increasingly crossing more and more lines that had been previously ‘out of bounds’. With the upcoming Defender 23 military exercise on June 12th, NATO is increasingly pushing the boundary of how far it is willing to engage in this conflict. How is the current narrative being put forth by the US Government and media obscuring the public concern towards the risks of World War III and nuclear exchange? How high is the risk of a nuclear first strike - and what are the chances of further escalation after that? What would this mean for humans and the biosphere? In the larger picture of the existence of complex life on Earth, does it really matter who is right?

For Show Notes and More: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/frankly-original/33-nato/ukraine-playing-russian-roulette-with-complex-life

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