Joe Scarry

Nuclear weapons RISK: it's real. Can our minds cope with it?

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

Who will be preaching about the big #Oppenheimer @OppenheimerFilm this summer? https://t.co/rYNssTR3Em @UnitedChurch @ChristianCent @PaxChristiUSA @Oikoumene

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

Where is the conversation happening about the way the @OppenheimerFilm coming out this summer is likely to impact political engagement and activism on #nuclear #AI #climate and other dangers?

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

The good news is the generals are keeping calm: it was just an unmanned machine.
The bad news: the computers in the Pentagon are PISSED!
(AI - what could go wrong?🤷‍♂️)

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The Pentagon released video of the events leading up to a Russian fighter jet colliding with an unarmed U.S. reconnaissance drone this week, forcing the American aircraft down into the Black Sea. https://t.co/VErpI6PSNq

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

Nuclear arms control just a fantasy? https://t.co/dr3D2sKIsF

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

Thought experiment: what would happen if all the celebrities showed up for #Oscars2023 wearing #Ukraine + #Russia pins? #AllQuietOnTheWesternFront

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

The perfect storm? Artificial intelligence (AI), nuclear weapons, and a divided Congress.

[Rep. Ted Lieu @RepTedLieu]

ICYMI: Artificial intelligence (AI) has done amazing things for our society, but if left unregulated could also do significant harm. Wrote an op-ed in the @nytimes on the need to create a regulatory infrastructure for AI. Read: https://t.co/s7koclrfnJ

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

Problem: the public is not paying attention to #nuclearwar risk
Solution: get them to bet on it?
https://t.co/fp8NmvH5DT

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

"I don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon."

What does it mean when 22 million people are watching the #Oppenheimer trailer?

https://t.co/HRXn90zt48

#nuclear @nuclearban

[Nolan's OPPENHEIMER News @FilmOppenheimer]

21M!
#Oppenheimer

https://t.co/mB5CUxXk2K

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

So ... I know this is a minuscule response ... but there IS an anomalous spread in people's opinions. Thoughts?

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

I'm pondering this G20 Leaders' "commitment" from Bali: "The use or threat of use of #nuclearweapons is inadmissible."
???
https://t.co/8tj8MuhbNN
(thanks @pnndglobal )

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

Today I'm paging through "Waiting for the End of the World" by @therichardross and wondering how many influential people think they have a shelter that will save them from nuclear war ....

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

Probability of nuclear weapons use in context of Russia-Ukraine war in 2023 ...

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

@BackfromBrink @BASIC_int @NSquareCollab @ChrisSpedding @pwar82 @GeoffreyChpmn @heatherwilly @iccs_bham @RethinkingSecu1 @ChathamHouse @ThirdNuclearAge I seem to remember some mapping (on a Google map?) has been done of the places where BFtB resolutions are happening ... ? Interesting to compare and contrast the two approaches to looking at the ecosystem ...

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

"Imagine a world . . . "

I'm coming to the conclusion we would be better off engaging a VAST number of people in imagining a world in which they somehow survive ... VS ... catering to a trivial number of people imagining we will force the US to relinquish its nuclear weapons.

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

@BASIC_int @NSquareCollab @ChrisSpedding @pwar82 @GeoffreyChpmn @heatherwilly @iccs_bham @RethinkingSecu1 @ChathamHouse @ThirdNuclearAge I'd love to see the data from the endorsers of the US @BackfromBrink project mapped in a similar way https://t.co/XHnLJfeZuK

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

What approach offers the greatest opportunity in nuclear weapons activism?

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

Are other people having dreams like these? #nuclearwar

https://t.co/r33cXxRT6o

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

Yes: in fact, putting a price on it -- and ARGUING ABOUT the price we put on it -- would be a huge step toward getting us from the pitiful position we're in today to the place we want to be ... #nuclearweapons #security

[Douglas B. Shaw 🌻 @DouglasBShaw]

If a world free of nuclear weapons cost 10x as much as living under the constant threat of nuclear war shattering global civilization, I would still buy it.

[Joe Scarry @Scarry]

We need to use technology to vastly expand the conversation around this exact question! #nuclearweapons #Wellbeing

[Dr. Tara Drozdenko @TaraDrozdenko]

We are told over and over again that nuclear weapons are necessary to keep the peace and that having nuclear weapons makes us safer.

Do you feel safer right now?