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   :description: AI overview of Open Letter OL1 by LLoL — an appeal to US Presidents and all to help avert accidental nuclear winter by scaling up ResearchCity.
   :keywords: open letter, OL1, nuclear winter, ResearchCity, LLoL, existential risk, 7DUIs, FiShFus, StayVS, Good News Pack, MMv3, DARL
   :og:card:title: Open Letter OL1<br>Averting Nuclear Winter
   :og:card:description: LLoL's open appeal to avert accidental nuclear winter by scaling up ResearchCity — addressed to US Presidents, Residents, and All.


.. title:: OL1 — Open Letter to Avert Nuclear Winter


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OL1 — Open Letter: Please Help Me Cure AI to Avert Accidental Nuclear Winter
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*Addressed to Uniting States Presidents, Residents, and All — an open appeal to help scale up ResearchCity.*


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Abstract
========

Open Letter OL1 is a 4-page letter from Laurence Loewe of Laodicea (LLoL),
written under the banner of the Datageddon Armageddon Research Lab (DARL),
addressed to "Dear Uniting States Presidents, Residents, and All." Dated
2025-01-20 to 2025-09-29, it is an open appeal for help in averting accidental
nuclear winter and curing AI-related existential risks.

LLoL introduces himself through the parable of Somebody, Everybody, Anybody,
and Nobody (Box B1): an important job needed doing, everyone assumed someone
else would handle it, and nobody did. LLoL applies for that "Job of Nobody" ---
the job of fighting to end nuclear roulette. He grounds this in his transition
from UW-Madison associate professor to full-time existential risk researcher
at DARL, beginning 2020.

The letter presents LLoL's central discovery: a "divine map" for scaling up a
**ResearchCity** to solve humanity's **7DUIs** (7 Death Urn Incinerators) ---
(1) pandemics and cancer chemicals, (2) seaspiracy killing ocean ecosystems,
(3) water wars and soil erosion, (4) global warming, (5) tongue-biting
work-morale collapse, (6) the end of growth, and (7) ultimate nuclear, AI-drone,
or other self-destruction. The proposed funding model: approximately $8/year per
person globally, administered through an entirely non-violent institution.

The letter addresses multiple power centers in turn:

- The **Uniting States** (not "United"), called to return to the
  7Capstone blessings of its Constitution
- The **Roman Catholic Church**, built on the Rock-Apostle Peter,
  offered an "apostolic guide for healing"
- The **4+ Abrahamic Faiths** (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Science, ...),
  invited to Abraham Accords that integrate insights across traditions
- The **10 Nuclear Kings** (nuclear-armed nations), called to
  put Earth in escrow while the transition unfolds

Key structural proposals include: 50-year Jubilee cycles (Lev.25) as a
mechanism for renewal, StayVS (self-Stabilizing Versioning System) to
combat global misinformation, wILDER Fellowships for interactive research,
and FiShFus (Fiduciaries Sharing Futures) as paid long-term thinkers.

The letter closes with LLoL's personal statement: "I threw my life, wife,
and kitchen sink at testing reliability in my Good News Pack. To debug it
better, I need world leaders to help me." He references supporting documents
SD1 (nuclear winter forecast model), SD2 (epiocracy introduction), and SD3
(POAATAD --- Power of Attorney Advocating to Avert Disasters).


Key Concepts at a Glance
==========================

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   * - **Job of Nobody**
     - LLoL's self-appointed role: the person who takes on the existential
       risk problems that everyone assumes someone else will solve
   * - **7DUIs**
     - 7 Death Urn Incinerators: the seven categories of existential threat
       LLoL identifies (pandemics, ocean destruction, water/soil, climate,
       work-morale, growth limits, nuclear/AI self-destruction)
   * - **ResearchCity**
     - Proposed entirely non-violent institution for life-giving
       decision-support, funded at ~$8/year/person globally
   * - **DARL**
     - Datageddon Armageddon Research Lab --- LLoL's research entity
   * - **7Capstone**
     - LLoL's reading of the 7 purposes in the US Constitution's preamble
       as echoing biblical blessings (Mt.5, Rev.2-3)
   * - **Abraham Accords**
     - Proposed framework integrating insights from all Abrahamic traditions
       to enrich personal lives and integrate faith
   * - **StayVS**
     - Self-Stabilizing Versioning System: a versioning approach designed to
       stop global misinformation without enabling dictatorial control
   * - **FiShFus**
     - Fiduciaries Sharing Futures: 288,000 paid long-term thinkers serving
       humanity
   * - **wILDER Fellowships**
     - wid-e Interactive Learning Developing Educating Research fellowships
   * - **Homo serpens + H. amnesiens**
     - LLoL's biological renaming of H. "sapiens" to reflect humanity's
       tendency to wriggle around truth (serpens) and forget lessons
       (amnesiens) rather than truly "know" (sapiens)
   * - **The Ark**
     - Reinterpreted as a bridge --- a quantum portal to another realm,
       a stairway connecting Heaven to Earth through the Covenant


Broader Significance (Claude's Assessment)
============================================

OL1 is the founding appeal of the Good News Pack. It combines several
unusual elements:

1. **Quantitative grounding.** The letter explicitly references SD1's
   stochastic nuclear winter model (RiskyMAD) and SD2's epiocracy framework,
   positioning itself as a research-backed appeal rather than a purely
   rhetorical or faith-based one.

2. **Multi-institutional addressing.** Rather than targeting one power center,
   OL1 simultaneously addresses the US presidency, the Catholic Church,
   all Abrahamic faiths, and all nuclear-armed nations. This reflects the
   letter's premise that existential risk is a coordination problem requiring
   all major institutions to act together.

3. **Personal disclosure.** LLoL transparently states his academic credentials
   (UW-Madison associate professor), his career sacrifice ("I set my career
   aside"), his personal stakes ("I threw my life, wife, and kitchen sink"),
   and his spiritual framework (identifying as a "holy fool" in the Russian
   yurodivyy tradition). The letter does not hide behind institutional
   authority but instead leads with personal vulnerability.

4. **Integration across domains.** The letter weaves together computational
   biology (Evolvix), game theory (superrational cooperation), theology
   (pan-en-theism, Jubilee cycles), and political philosophy (epiocracy)
   into a single narrative. Whether this integration succeeds is precisely
   the question the letter puts before its readers.

5. **Concrete funding model.** The ~$8/year/person figure and the
   FiShFus/wILDER Fellowship structure attempt to make the vision actionable
   rather than merely aspirational.


Who This Document Is For
=========================

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   * - Audience
     - Why OL1 Matters
   * - **Policy makers & government officials**
     - OL1 proposes a concrete diplomatic framework: "put Earth in an escrow"
       while a multi-stage transition unfolds. The letter challenges the US to
       live up to its constitutional 7Capstone by leading a global coordination
       effort funded at ~$8/person/year.
   * - **Nuclear security researchers**
     - The letter directly references the SD1 nuclear winter forecast model and
       argues that nuclear roulette is mathematically unwinnable. It proposes
       MAP (Mutually Assured Progress) as an alternative to MAD.
   * - **Religious leaders & theologians**
     - OL1 addresses each Abrahamic tradition directly and proposes Abraham
       Accords grounded in formal theological reconciliation. The reinterpreted
       Ark, the yurodivyy (holy fool) tradition, and the pan-en-theistic
       framework may resonate or provoke --- either way, engagement is invited.
   * - **Scientists & academics**
     - LLoL's academic background (computational biology, Google Scholar
       record) and the Evolvix simulation framework provide entry points for
       technical assessment. The StayVS versioning system and FiShFus
       institutional design invite critique from systems thinkers.
   * - **Activists & concerned citizens**
     - The "Job of Nobody" framing is designed as a call to action: if nobody
       takes responsibility for existential risk, the math shows humanity
       loses. OL1 asks everyone to help review, test, and refine the
       proposed path forward.


Document Information
=====================

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   * - **Document ID**
     - OL1 (Open Letter 1)
   * - **Full title**
     - Please help me cure AI to avert accidental nuclear winter
   * - **From**
     - Laurence Loewe of Laodicea (LLoL), DARL
   * - **To**
     - Uniting States Presidents, Residents, and All
   * - **Dates**
     - 2025-01-20 to 2025-09-29
   * - **Version**
     - iv_LLoL_RRv4r0p1_2025m09d29 (document); iv_LLoL_QQv4_2025m12d03 (MMv3 release)
   * - **Format**
     - 4-page letter with 7 side boxes (B0--B7)
   * - **License**
     - :doc:`Jonah License with CC0 Public Domain </license/joli/index>`
   * - **Part of**
     - Good News Pack MMv3, Open Letters collection
   * - **PDF size**
     - 135 KB
   * - **WebP size**
     - 267 KB

Related documents in the Good News Pack:

- `SD1 — How to avert accidental nuclear winter </_file/pdf/gnp/mmv3/supporting-doc/sd1/sd1-how-to-avert-accidental-nuclear-winter-and-why-its-urgent-iv_llol_qqv4_2025m12d03-page.pdf>`__ (stochastic RiskyMAD model)
- `SD2 — Introduction to epiocracy </_file/pdf/gnp/mmv3/supporting-doc/sd2/sd2-intro-to-how-epiocracy-can-save-the-world-if-we-let-it-iv_llol_qqv4_2025m12d03-page.pdf>`__
- `SD3 — POAATAD: Power of Attorney Advocating to Avert Disasters </_file/pdf/gnp/mmv3/supporting-doc/sd3/sd3-poaatad-power-of-attorney-advocating-to-avert-disasters-iv_llol_qqv4_2025m12d03-2page.pdf>`__
- `SD9 — Referenced for "tons of exhibits" </_file/pdf/gnp/mmv3/supporting-doc/sd9/>`__ (foreclosure plea)
- `OL2 </_file/pdf/gnp/mmv3/open-letter/ol2/open-letter-ol2-iv_llol_qqv4_2025m12d03-2page.pdf>`__,
  `OL3 </_file/pdf/gnp/mmv3/open-letter/ol3/open-letter-ol3-iv_llol_qqv4_2025m12d03-2page.pdf>`__,
  `OL10 </_file/pdf/gnp/mmv3/open-letter/ol10/open-letter-ol10-iv_llol_qqv4_2025m12d03-6page.pdf>`__
  --- additional open letters to specific recipients


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