Petrov Day

TagLast edit: Mar 26, 2022, 7:24 PM by Pablo

Petrov Day is a tradition celebrating Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov, who played a key role in preventing a nuclear attack during a false alarm incident on September 26, 1983.

Further reading

Yudkowsky, Eliezer (2007) ⁹⁄₂₆ is Petrov Day, LessWrong, September 26.

Related entries

human extinction | nuclear warfare | Stanislav Petrov | Vasili Arkhipov

Petrov Day 2024: What is a Petrovian virtue?

Toby Tremlett🔹Sep 26, 2024, 7:07 AM

73 points

1 comment3 min readEA link

Honoring Petrov Day on the EA Forum: 2021

Aaron Gertler 🔸Sep 25, 2021, 11:27 PM

88 points

96 comments3 min readEA link

[Question] What are cool things university groups can do for Petrov day on 26 September?

Quadratic ReciprocityAug 25, 2022, 3:34 AM

10 points

3 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Who are some less-known people like Petrov?

LizkaSep 6, 2022, 1:22 PM

54 points

19 comments1 min readEA link

Clarifying the Petrov Day Exercise

KirstenSep 26, 2021, 10:39 PM

111 points

53 comments3 min readEA link

AMA: Christian Ruhl (senior global catastrophic risk researcher at Founders Pledge)

LizkaSep 26, 2023, 9:50 AM

68 points

28 comments1 min readEA link

9/26 is Petrov Day

LizkaSep 25, 2022, 11:14 PM

77 points

10 comments2 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

[Linkpost] Prospect Magazine—How to save humanity from extinction

jackvaSep 26, 2023, 7:16 PM

32 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

(www.prospectmagazine.co.uk)

AMA: Andy Weber (U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense from 2009-2014)

LizkaSep 26, 2023, 9:40 AM

132 points

49 comments1 min readEA link

Petrov Day Retrospective: 2021

Aaron Gertler 🔸Oct 21, 2021, 10:12 AM

54 points

2 comments5 min readEA link

EA Hangout Prisoners’ Dilemma

Jeffrey LadishSep 27, 2021, 11:17 PM

41 points

3 comments3 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

[Question] How would you run the Petrov Day game?

Nathan YoungSep 26, 2021, 11:37 PM

17 points

24 comments1 min readEA link

The EA Holiday Calendar

Aaron Gertler 🔸Jul 30, 2019, 9:03 AM

29 points

6 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Anyone have plans for Petrov Day (26 Sept)?

Elliot BillingsleySep 22, 2024, 5:52 AM

6 points

2 comments1 min readEA link

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