https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/07/us-nuclear-strategy-cold-war-russia/638441/

Last year, Tom Nichols penned a thought-provoking piece related to the public's, um,
"disengagement" with the issue of nuclear weapons. He's one of my favorite foreign policy wonks.

https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/essentials/making-sense-of-existential-threat-and-nuclear-war

This past week, Sam Harris offered up a stellar podcast about the existential threat posed by nuclear war. I'm a subscriber so I get the full episode. Not sure how far the above link will get you.

Interesting Point From The Podcast: We have yet to identify intelligent life in our galaxy or beyond. Sure, the distances are vast and perhaps it's just such a daunting task. Or could it be that intelligent civilizations mostly follow the same technological invention path and once nuclear power is harnessed, that civilization will inevitably just end up using it on itself, thus closing down the possibility of advancing further? This could be the answer to Fermi's Paradox (where is all that life out there)?

Peter T.