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58: Recipes for Future Plagues | Kevin Esvelt

The After On Podcast

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The History of Nuclear Weapons

The history of nuclear weapons, it's remarkable how they were originally developed. Researchers were afraid of the consequences if malicious people got hold of them. Notsy germany was the concern of leo sillerd and albert einstein when they wrote the letter that launched the manhattan project. The way we have to deal with that threat is by minimizing access and deterring those who can actually wield that weapon.

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