Name: 【TED】Emma Belcher：關於核武器我們應該問的3個問題（3個關於核武器的問題，我們應該問Emma Belcher）。 (【TED】Emma Belcher: 3 questions we should ask about nuclear weapons (3 questions we should ask about nuclear weapons | Emma Belcher))
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So you know when you're doubled over in pain

and you're wondering, is it your appendix

Well, when that happens to me, I call my friend Sasha --

and I say, "Should I rush to the nearest emergency room

Or am I OK to relax and just wait it out?"

but they were asking me questions of life and death.

So what was going on in September of 2017?

Well, North Korea was suddenly and scarily all over the news.

potentially capable of hitting major US cities,

and President Trump had responded with tweets of "fire and fury."

And there was real concern that tensions would escalate

So what my friends were calling and asking was:

Should they panic or were the OK to relax?

But really, they were asking me a fundamental question:

While I was reassuring them that, no, they didn't need to worry just yet,

the irony of their question dawned on me.

is that we've all been living under a much larger cloud for decades --

Now it's not surprising that friends of mine

and many others like them don't know much about nuclear weapons

the United States and Russia, tension abated,

and they started to become a relic of the past.

Generations didn't have to grow up with the specter of nuclear war

And there other reasons people don't like to think about nuclear weapons.

Sometimes I wish I could have chosen a cheerier field to study.

Perhaps tax law would have been more uplifting.

people have so many other things to think about in their busy lives,

and they'd much prefer to think about something over which

they feel they have some semblance of control,

and they assume that other people, smarter than they on this topic,

And then, there are other reasons people don't talk about this,

and one is because we, as nuclear experts,

use a whole lot of convoluted jargon and terminology

It's really inaccessible for a lot of people.

And, in reality, it actually sometimes I think makes us numb

And what we are really talking about here

while we've made dramatic reductions in the number of nuclear weapons

right now, there are almost 15,000 in the world today.

The United States and Russia have over 90 percent of these nuclear weapons.

If you're wondering, these are the countries that have the rest.

ranging in the sort of 300-ish range and below.

Adding to this situation is the fact that we have new technologies

that potentially bring us new challenges.

Could you imagine, one day, countries like ours and others

potentially ceding decisions about a nuclear strike to a robot,

And what data do they use to inform those algorithms?

So adding to this are terrorism potential,

cyberattacks, miscalculation, misunderstanding.

The list of nuclear nightmares tends to grow longer by the day.

And there are a number of former officials,

who worry that right now, we're in greater danger

than we were in various points in the Cold War.

we don't have to rely on the advice from the 1950s.

is by starting to ask some fundamental questions

and whether we are happy with the way it is.

We need to begin asking questions of ourselves

and I'd like to share three with you today.

【TED】Emma Belcher：關於核武器我們應該問的3個問題（3個關於核武器的問題，我們應該問Emma Belcher）。 (【TED】Emma Belcher: 3 questions we should ask about nuclear weapons (3 questions we should ask about nuclear weapons | Emma Belcher))

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