What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima.

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This quote suggests that the reason why the world has been kept safe from the use of nuclear weapons since 1945 is not primarily due to deterrence or the fear of such weapons, but rather because of the collective memory of the devastating event that occurred in Hiroshima. The memory serves as a reminder of the unimaginable destruction and loss of life caused by atomic bombs, acting as a deterrent by instilling a sense of caution and aversion towards the use of such destructive weapons.

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