Reason, lack of panic, and the courage of one’s convictions actually can save the world. A tip of the hat to Stanislav Petrov, who demonstrated how it can be done when you’re in the right place at the right time.
Originally shared by +Stan Pedzick:
Speaking of people that there should be a statue of in every city in the world. Stanislav Petrov is the one and we should thank him every day for being brave and logical.
Man ‘who saved the world’ dies at 77
Ex-Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov reported a possible 1983 US missile launch as a false alarm.
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