https://nikthink.net/tags/nuclear-war.html Recent content in Nuclear-War on nikthink.net Hugo 0.146.5 en-us Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:58:54 -0500 https://nikthink.net/posts/2025/petrov-day.html Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:43:18 -0400 https://nikthink.net/posts/2025/petrov-day.html <p>the following is a speech i wrote for <a href="http://petrovday.com">petrov day</a>.</p> <hr> <p>The main thing I cherish in Petrov Day is a sense of community, trust, and taking seriously the responsibility for the ultimate consequences of our actions.</p> <p>History and society celebrate those who win wars: Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill. These were <em>great</em> men, but the <strong>greater men</strong> stopped these wars from ever happening. Those names remain unknown to most, yet their actions preserved everything we hold dear.</p> <p>Let it be known that September 26 is Petrov Day, in honor of a great man who saved the world, and of whom almost no one has heard the name.</p> <p>Wherever you are, whatever you&rsquo;re doing, take a minute to not destroy the world.</p> <hr> <p>comment on the <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yCiks3cbRqvi2SwEk/2025-petrov-day-speech">lesswrong post</a> for this blog post.</p> <p>thanks to <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jcPiBoHnyFC4gqiQ6/an-idea-for-a-more-communal-petrov-day-in-2022">Ben Pace</a>, <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PXcPuydmBnqexJK8s/a-child-s-petrov-day-speech">James_Miller</a>, and <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/c7uQLGrCBLjkbZhPq/petrov-day-retrospective-2023-re-the-most-important-virtue?commentId=QBCJWpwEYxokaGs5X">Eliezer Yudkowsky</a>, for inspiration.</p>