“AMA: Andy Weber (U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense from 2009-2014)” by Lizka, Andy Weber

Andy Weber was the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Defense Programs from 2009 to 2014. He's now a senior fellow at the Council on Strategic Risks. You might also know him from his appearance on the 80,000 Hours Podcast. Ask him anything![1]He’ll try to answer some questions on Friday, September 29 (afternoon, Eastern Time), and might get to some earlier. I (Lizka) am particularly excited that Andy can share his experience in nuclear (and other kinds of) threat reduction given that it is Petrov Day today.Instructions and practical notes: Please post your questions as comments on this post. Posting questions earlier is better than later. If you have multiple questions, it might be better to post them separately. Feel free to upvote questions that others have posted, as it might help prioritize questions later. Other context and topics that might be especially interesting to talk about:Risks of “tactical” nuclear [...] The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. --- First published: September 26th, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KbTasufbtJwZYiJQ8/ama-andy-weber-u-s-assistant-secretary-of-defense-from-2009 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.