Eric Schlosser, Command and Control, at KPCC
Live tweets of Eric Schlosser in discussion with @MikeShuster at Crawford Family Forum at KPCC. Topic: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Incident, and the Illusion of Safety
- We arrived at the KPCC Crawford Family Forum. I began tweeting about being @KPCC, then realized there's a dedicated twitter account for the forum, @KPCCforum.
Here @KPCC Crawford forum waiting to see&hear @mikeshuster interview Eric Schlosser about Command and Control, new book on nukes safety- Bad twitterer, no biscuit. I am @kpccforum, a more specific arm of @kpcc. #CommandAndControl Eric Schlosser. Got permission to tweet n fotos
@susankitchens Tweet your heart out. And take photos! We'll be live-tweeting as well.- Go to http://kpcc.org/forum live stream of this event. #nuclearSnuclearSafety
- @susankitchens actually, tonight's event is live streamed here: http://kp.cc/19U0LPv
- My bad. crx here “@KPCCforum: @susankitchens actually, tonight's event is live streamed here: http://kp.cc/19U0LPv
Left, @mikeshuster, interviewing Eric Schlosser at @KPCCforum pic.twitter.com/a6yZw7w94fankitchens/status/387398665251201024/photo/1- So comforting to learn that this book (short book) grew into major tome. #CommandAndControl #EricSchlosser
- Schlosser opened by describing the Damascus TitanMissile incident.
(You can read the first chapter of his book at this link.) - Gah. Damascus missile accident— Titan missile had nuke THREE x as powerful of TOTAL BOMBS USED IN WW2 combined. Can't foresee ea fail.
- We're very good at building nuclear weapons, but when chaos ensues, we're left not knowing what to do. —#EricSchlosser. #CommandandControl
- The people who were designing these weapons were often not informed of the accidents out in the field—#EricSchlosser #CommandandControl
- What kind of "human factors" work goes into the design of both the nukes themselves and the systems surrounding them to safeguard the weapons from accidental detonation?
- My live blog is here http://2020hindsight.org/1945
- Schlosser talks about trinity test & storm just before test. Guard on tower. Implication on safety of accidental firing…
- VIDEO: Tour the "Tunnel Vault," once one of the most secret and secure locations in the United States. kp.cc/19U0LPv
- Kubrick's 'Dr. Strangelove' was based on a real and probable scenario of a rogue team unleashing a bomb—#EricSchlosser #CommandandControl
- #EricSchlosser says 'Dr. Strangelove' was outrageous but very accurate. #CommandandControl
