Defusing the Nuclear Threat

The risk of a nuclear catastrophe is far greater than we think.

Our ability to reduce that risk is far greater than we imagine.

Too few people are interested in nuclear weapons and there's a much larger “market” of people wanting to improve their relationships, so I’m now working with my wife Dorothie on a new approach that combines the personal with the global. Click here to sign up for information, updates, and opportunities to participate.

Lessons From the Cuban Missile Crisis: Did you know that JFK was taking amphetamines? that American destroyers unknowingly attacked Soviet subs armed with nuclear torpedoes? that we are still engaged in very risky behavior? Learn how we can change that!

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Archive of email #35 to participants

Announcing a Blog

May 7, 2010

I'm a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to the web, but with some encouragement and help from more net-savvy friends, I now have a Defusing the Nuclear Threat blog at http://nuclearrisk.wordpress.com/. I hope you'll add it to your RSS feed and suggest it to others who might be interested.

While related to the posts I've done via this email list, blogs have several advantages:

* You can add comments on the blog and become an active participant in the discussion.

* Some people are reluctant to register their email addresses, as is needed for this list. The blog doesn't require that, so it should get a wider audience.

* Blogs are less structured and more browsable.

I've populated the blog with a few posts to get started, including one of the most popular posts from this email list – "The Man in the TNT Vest," except there it's called "Common Sense is All You Need." I also created a new post "Katrina, The Great Recession, and Nuclear Weapons" that is based on part of a new talk I've been giving and which people seem to like.

Please post comments and suggestions on the blog, or email me at NuclearRisk@stanford.edu.

Thanks very much.

Martin
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Martin Hellman
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University

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Archive of email #35 to participants Announcing a Blog

Archive of email #35 to participants

Announcing a Blog