# 13: Nuclear Near Misses and Vice Admiral Vasili Arkhipov

In this episode of the Learning to Die podcast we discuss the man that may be responsible for our lives today (Vasili Arkhipov) and how we have side stepped a nuclear war.

• Items we discuss in the episode Sting - Russians (Official Music Video)
• The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity https://www.amazon.co.uk/Precipice-Existential-Risk-Future-Humanity/dp/0316484911
• Indian/Pakistan border closing India Pakistan Wagah Attari Border Closing Ceremony (By Sanjeev Bhaskar - The Longest Road).
• The Future of Life Institute https://futureoflife.org/
• The Korean War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
• Cuban Missile crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
• Vasili Arkhipov Vasili Arkhipov, 2017 Future of Life Award winner for averting nuclear war

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