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322 points atomroflbomber | 1 comments | 03 Aug 23 08:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.321s | source
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lelag ◴[03 Aug 23 09:52 UTC] No.36983601[source]▶
If 2023 ends up giving us AGI, room-temperature superconductors, Starships and a cure for cancer, I think we will able to call it a good year...
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treprinum ◴[03 Aug 23 11:07 UTC] No.36984116[source]▶
There is still the threat of WW3...
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gumby ◴[03 Aug 23 11:42 UTC] No.36984420[source]▶
Does not seem particularly high right now, TBH.
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simiones ◴[03 Aug 23 12:29 UTC] No.36984940[source]▶
It's not particularly high when there is an active war between Russia and an almost-NATO country, supported by NATO, with fighting happening right at NATO borders?

I would say it's perhaps never been higher since the Cuban missile crisis.

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1. mustacheemperor ◴[03 Aug 23 16:54 UTC] No.36988425[source]▶
Per Thirteen Days, for a long stretch of the crisis the US mainland’s nuclear bombers were armed and airborne, constantly, for a potential first strike on Cuba. When the U-2 was shot down Kennedy directly threatened that another attack would result in the destruction of the defense installations and made it known as rumor he was considering nuking the island in retaliation. Curtis LeMay and some of the other cabinet staffers were sincerely in favor of a first strike throughout the conflict.

So I think we’re still quite a ways off from that level of threat.