The doomsday machine was a product of Cold War paranoia from "summary" of The Doomsday Machine by Daniel Ellsberg
The doomsday machine, as depicted in my book "The Doomsday Machine," was not a mere theoretical concept - it was a very real and tangible product of Cold War paranoia. The fear and suspicion that pervaded the political and military landscape during that time led to the creation of a doomsday scenario that was truly horrifying in its implications. The idea of a doomsday machine was born out of a desire for deterrence - the belief that by constructing a weapon of such unimaginable destructive power, one could prevent the outbreak of nuclear war. The logic was that no sane leader would risk initiating a conflict if the consequences were so catastrophic. However, this logic was flawed from the start. The construction of a doomsday machine did not make the world safer - it made it infinitely more dangerous. The ...
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