Some nice light reading from me @voxdotcom ahead of the Oscars tonight: Why did Oppenheimer leave me bawling my eyes out? “It’s all still real. The weapons are still there. Every 12 minutes they could kill everyone we love. We’d all starve to death. 5 billion people could die.” Tweet added by Haydn Belfield @HaydnBelfield

Haydn Belfield

3 months

Some nice light reading from me @voxdotcom ahead of the Oscars tonight: Why did Oppenheimer leave me bawling my eyes out? “It’s all still real. The weapons are still there. Every 12 minutes they could kill everyone we love. We’d all starve to death. 5 billion people could die.”

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Haydn Belfield

@HaydnBelfield

3 months

I’m an expert in the end of the world. The Oscar-winning Oppenheimer made me cry in terror.

What Best Picture winner Oppenheimer gets right — and wrong — about the threat of nuclear weapons.

www.vox.com

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Agus 🔎

@austinc3301

3 months

@HaydnBelfield @voxdotcom I remember this experience when I went out. Everyone was amazed, I was terrified. It just hits different when you realize the smooth continuum into today, the fragile equilibria we all live in 🥲

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Haydn Belfield

@HaydnBelfield

3 months

@austinc3301 @voxdotcom I completely agree

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Horace He

@cHHillee

3 months

@HaydnBelfield @RichardMCNgo @voxdotcom I also found the last scene of Oppenheimer unexpectedly compelling, especially juxtaposed with Lewis Strauss's interpretation.

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Shakeel

@ShakeelHashim

3 months

@HaydnBelfield @voxdotcom This is beautiful. I had the exact same experience, couldn’t hold it together at the ending

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