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When social media controls the nuclear codes - by Erik Hoel

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An internal dialogue

Of course, the whole thing’s absurd. One must start with that. The very idea of a nuclear war is so overblown, it’s a cliche, it’s even a cliche to talk about how it’s cliched. Physics, as usual, doesn’t care. But the socio-military strategy, and its associated funny-sounding argot—MAD, ICBM, The Nuclear Triad—does involve a level of absurdity that makes it hard to take seriously. Of course, there’s also the overwhelming pop culture of it all, all those movies and TV shows. David Foster Wallace once said that: The language of images. . . maybe not threatens, but completely changes actual…

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