LEARNING TO LOVE THE BOMB: A Retrospective on Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empire_of_the_mind/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Empire-of-the-Mind-102111168633434/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_empireofmind PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/EmpireoftheMind Email: [email protected] CHAPTERS 0:00 The Atomic Bomb: the Old Story of Mankind 4:28 The Humor of Horrors & the Comedy of Contradictions 10:10 The Truth of Fiction & the Horrifying Facts of Dr. Strangelove 27:25 Modernity is Impotence: A Parable of the Helpless Human in the Modern World 39:16 The Fallibility of Man & the Determinism of Survival 44:23 Philosophy From the Ruins: The New Problems of Modernity from the Perspective of Japanese Philosophers 49:46 Technology Always Has Consequences: Prometheus & the Fire that Burns Friend & Foe 56:04 Living in a World of Shallow Connection: the Symbols of Dr. Strangelove 1:07:27 Learning to Love the Bomb: Finding Freedom in Contradiction & Self-Sacrifice SOURCES/FURTHER READING Stanley Kubrick A Life in Pictures | Filmmakers Behind the Scenes | Warner Bros. Entertainment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApEh9Sm4BR0&t=22s&ab_channel=WarnerBros.Entertainment Inside the Making of Dr. Strangelove https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ6BiRtGTAk&ab_channel=TobyRoby "Best Manhattan project documentary" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dtIyz9HD2o&t=1583s&ab_channel=SophiaDresden First Nuclear Reactor, U.S. Department of Energy https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1942-1944_pu/cp-1_critical.htm Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/almost-everything-in-dr-strangelove-was-true The Half-Century Anniversary of “Dr. Strangelove” https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-half-century-anniversary-of-dr-strangelove Curtis Lemay Victor Davis Hanson, “The Soul Of Battle: From Ancient Times To The Present Day, Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny” https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hanson-battle.html Col Phillip S. Meilinger, USAF, Retired, How LeMay Transformed Strategic Air Command https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/ASPJ/journals/Volume-28_Issue-2/V-Meilinger.pdf V-2 Rockets “Biography of Wernher Von Braun,” NASA https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/history/vonbraun/bio.html “V-2 Missile, National Air and Space Museum https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/missile-surface-surface-v-2-4/nasm_A19600342000 “V-2 Rocket, Britannica https://www.britannica.com/technology/V-2-rocket