The Doomsday Machine by Daniel Ellsberg Summary
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Daniel Ellsberg, the Pentagon Papers whistleblower, reveals chilling nuclear secrets he kept hidden for decades. This insider confession exposes how close humanity came - and remains - to extinction, prompting urgent policy debates among security experts worldwide.
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Living Under the Shadow of Nuclear Armageddon
Picture this: It's 1961, and you're holding a classified document in a White House office. The paper reveals that a U.S. nuclear first strike would kill 275 million people immediately, with deaths rising to 625 million when including fallout across Europe and neutral countries. That's one hundred Holocausts in a single strike. This wasn't fiction or a hypothetical scenario - this was the actual U.S. war plan that Daniel Ellsberg, later famous for leaking the Pentagon Papers, was staring at. "The Doomsday Machine" draws on Ellsberg's unique insider experience as a nuclear war planner and his five decades of activism, offering a chilling glimpse into how close humanity has repeatedly come to annihilation. When Ellsberg joined RAND Corporation in 1958 as a strategic analyst, he entered a world of apocalyptic calculations. He and his colleagues engaged in what seemed the most important work imaginable - preventing nuclear war by ensuring Soviet leaders would face unacceptable consequences for attacking America. The logic was brutally simple: adequate deterrence required a survivable capability to kill more Soviet citizens than the twenty million who died in World War II. While most RAND colleagues studied weapons vulnerability, Ellsberg specialized in the understudied but critical area of nuclear command and control. What particularly concerned him was the problem of "ambiguity" in strategic warning. In 1960, the new Ballistic Missile Early Warning System in Greenland generated a false alarm when radar signals bounced off the rising moon, causing executives to be evacuated in panic, believing nuclear war had begun.
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"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
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"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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