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Petrov Day

TagLast edit: 24 Nov 2021 5:02 UTC by Multicore

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.

See also: Existential Risk, Ritual

9/​26 is Petrov Day

Eliezer Yudkowsky26 Sep 2007 16:14 UTC
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Stanis­lav Petrov Day

gwern26 Sep 2011 14:49 UTC
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Vasili Arkhipov Day

David Althaus27 Oct 2011 6:27 UTC
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Ex­is­ten­tial Risk

lukeprog15 Nov 2011 14:23 UTC
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Happy Petrov Day

Eneasz26 Sep 2013 15:08 UTC
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Petrov Day is Septem­ber 26

jimrandomh18 Sep 2014 2:55 UTC
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Petrov Day Reminder

Eneasz26 Sep 2014 13:57 UTC
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Film about Stanis­lav Petrov

matheist10 Sep 2015 18:43 UTC
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Happy Petrov Day

Eneasz26 Sep 2015 15:41 UTC
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A Child’s Petrov Day Speech

James_Miller28 Sep 2016 2:27 UTC
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Stanis­lav Petrov has died (2017-05-19)

fortyeridania18 Sep 2017 3:13 UTC
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(www.rt.com)

FLI awards prize to Arkhipov’s relatives

ESRogs28 Oct 2017 19:40 UTC
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(www.theguardian.com)

Petrov corrigibility

Stuart_Armstrong11 Sep 2018 13:50 UTC
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Modes of Petrov Day

Raemon17 Sep 2019 2:47 UTC
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Honor­ing Petrov Day on LessWrong, in 2019

Ben Pace26 Sep 2019 9:10 UTC
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Happy Petrov Day!

Martin Sustrik27 Sep 2019 2:10 UTC
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(250bpm.com)

Fol­low-Up to Petrov Day, 2019

Ben Pace27 Sep 2019 23:47 UTC
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New Petrov Game Brainstorm

Alexei3 Oct 2019 19:48 UTC
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“God Re­wards Fools”

Czynski30 Apr 2020 22:51 UTC
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Petrov Day 2020 Vir­tual Celebration

konstell14 Aug 2020 8:03 UTC
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So­cially-dis­tanced out­door Petrov Day cer­e­mo­nial manual

jchan24 Aug 2020 14:11 UTC
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Austin Petrov Day: 6:30pm 9/​26

jchan8 Sep 2020 14:23 UTC
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Petrov Event Roundup 2020

Raemon24 Sep 2020 21:07 UTC
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Honor­ing Petrov Day on LessWrong, in 2020

Ben Pace26 Sep 2020 8:01 UTC
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Petrov Day is not about unilat­eral action

sen26 Sep 2020 13:41 UTC
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Sur­viv­ing Petrov Day

Mati_Roy26 Sep 2020 16:40 UTC
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On “Not Screw­ing Up Ri­tual Can­dles”

Raemon27 Sep 2020 21:55 UTC
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On De­stroy­ing the World

Chris_Leong28 Sep 2020 7:38 UTC
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Post­mortem to Petrov Day, 2020

Ben Pace3 Oct 2020 21:30 UTC
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Chaotic era: avoid or sur­vive?

Just Learning22 Feb 2021 1:34 UTC
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Petrov Day 2021: Mu­tu­ally As­sured Destruc­tion?

Ruby22 Sep 2021 1:04 UTC
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EA Han­gout Pri­son­ers’ Dilemma

Jeffrey Ladish27 Sep 2021 23:15 UTC
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Petrov Day Ret­ro­spec­tive: 2021

Ruby21 Oct 2021 21:50 UTC
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An Idea for a More Com­mu­nal Petrov Day in 2022

Ben Pace21 Oct 2021 21:51 UTC
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Rus­sian Food for Petrov Day

weft4 Sep 2022 17:57 UTC
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LW Petrov Day 2022 (Mon­day, 9/​26)

Ruby22 Sep 2022 2:56 UTC
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Petrov Day Ret­ro­spec­tive: 2022

Ruby28 Sep 2022 22:16 UTC
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A list of Petrov buttons

philh26 Oct 2022 20:50 UTC
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(reasonableapproximation.net)

Austin Petrov Day re­vi­sion, 2023

Austin LW ritual working group16 Sep 2023 21:55 UTC
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[Linkpost/​Video] All The Times We Nearly Blew Up The World

g-w123 Sep 2023 1:18 UTC
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(www.youtube.com)

Petrov Day [Spoiler Warn­ing]

lsusr27 Sep 2023 19:20 UTC
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