> The duty officer, a man named Stanislav Petrov, decided to disobey orders and not to report the warning to his superiors. He received an official reprimand. But thanks to his dereliction of duty, we’re now alive to talk about it.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/107/Noam_Chomsky_on_Institutional_Stupidity

#NoamChomsky mentions #StanislavPetrov another hero to remember along with #VasilyArkhipov when thinking of #NuclearWar #NuclearWeapons the motives behind #NuclearPower

> As flotilla chief of staff and second-in-command of the diesel powered submarine B-59, Arkhipov refused to authorize the captain's use of nuclear torpedoes against the United States Navy, a decision requiring the agreement of all three senior officers aboard.
In 2002, Thomas Blanton, who was then director of the U.S. National Security Archive, said that Arkhipov "saved the world".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Arkhipov
#NoNukes #CubaMissileCrisis #VasilyArkhipov ThankYou!
"I would prefer not to" nuke life.