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TWNW Special: What to Read This Summer 2023

The World Next Week

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The Oppenheimer Moment

Carla: I was going to ask the same exact question as Rosa, but I actually ask one that's kind of... You weren't going to ask about his cheating on his wife. But in relation to the so-called extinction event we've all been warmed up out with AI, and meanwhile, hey, you know what? There are lots of nuclear weapons still out there and capable of creating close to extinction events as well. And the system is fraying like never before," she says. "I think certainly Oppenheimer got that"

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