The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner — Why deterrence erodes control
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Author: Daniel Ellsberg
This episode explores The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg as a systems-level analysis of how nuclear command-and-control architecture influences behavior, belief, and institutional outcomes.
By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.
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