Lessons on humanity from 76 years of Hiroshima
Volume-2, Issue-29
August 6, 2021, marks the 76 years of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb disaster. This one is an interesting piece of history as it involves World War, Nuclear weapons, Government Cover-ups, and Bravehearts who somehow managed to speak up. A perfect plot to overthink and resent on humanity.
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#Reading-Rooms
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- Why Startups Fail?: Wednesday, 11th August 2021 | 9 PM IST 2021 | Startups
- TED Circle about 'Irrational' - Why do you think you're right, even when you're wrong? Thursday, 12th August 2021 | 9 PM IST | TED Circles
-Â Robots and Jobs - dystopia v/s utopia: Friday, 13th August 2021 | 9 PM IST | Technology
-Â Understanding Procrastination and controlling it: Saturday, 14th August 2021 | 9 PM IST | Psychology
- Art of War by Sun Tzu: Sunday, 15th August 2021 | 9 PM IST 2021 | Book Discussion
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Harry Potter Fan Fictions shared by Mansi
Lord of the Rings shared by Christeena
The forest of enchantments by Chitra Banerjee shared by Lekha
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Journalism is the reason we know today about the truth behind Hiroshima
Read the exposing article by John Hersey in 1946 in The New Yorker that exposes the cover-up US Government tried to do on the true impact of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
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Harshala curates a list of - Top 5 books on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb disaster
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The Bomb - podcast by BBC
My grandad worked on the bomb that dropped on Hiroshima. Could another man - Leo Szilard - have stopped it? Leo Szilard was left haunted by the attacks on Japan he enabled. Emily Strasser brings a personal dimension to his story.
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What if we nuke a city - TODAY | Explainer | 9 mins | by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
We still know very little about the true impact of nuclear weapons that can make even the most developed nations on this planet - helpless. Kurzgesagt, with its brilliant animations, explores what would happen if we nuke a city in today’s modern times.
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