It is not a political stump speech; it is a warning siren from the mind that helped birth the nuclear age.
That “existing problem” is war itself. Until we solve it, every city is a potential Hiroshima. Every scientific breakthrough is a potential extinction event.
I have always been convinced that the menace of mass destruction is a very real one and that it is imperative to do everything in our power to prevent it. The production of atomic bombs on a large scale must lead to an unparalleled menace to humanity.
In 1945, Albert Einstein, the renowned physicist, wrote a speech that would later be published in various forms. The speech addressed the menace of mass destruction, a topic that was particularly relevant in the aftermath of World War II and the development of atomic bombs.