January 18th, 2025
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Nagasaki was never meant to be the target? Kokura was the intended ground zero. Oppenheimer (both the book and the movie) seemed to suggest otherwise. Fascinating stuff.
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Somewhat counterintuitively, US’ Gini coefficient is higher than India’s (0 reflects perfect equality, where all income or wealth values are the same, while a Gini coefficient of 1 (or 100%) reflects maximal inequality among values)
- Helps understand the political undercurrents in the US better