Yesterday, when the page was live:

Lynch explores another chain reaction in ep 8: the atomic test unleashes Bob, seen as the show’s embodiment of evil. A golden orb containing Laura Palmer is then released in response to this, seemingly reflecting the need to balance good & evil and the power of tech to give rise to both outcomes

Let’s look at Twin Peaks: The Return. In ep 8, we’re taken back to 16 July 1945 in White Sands, New Mexico, to witness the first atomic bomb test from the Manhattan Project. We approach the mushroom cloud from afar, then enter it, where the frenetic imagery seems to evoke a nuclear chain reaction

As a #DavidLynch fan and someone interested in how we come to understand tech via pop culture, Lynch’s use of the atomic age to comment on the told & untold consequences of tech, and how tech reflects humanity’s power to both create & destroy is worthy of attention as many reflect on his work 🧵

Announcement of the new UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies reminded me that the first resolution of the UN General Assembly in 1946 was on tech governance, in response to what was then the recent discovery of nuclear energy and the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons

‘Space mainstreaming’ - what is it and why it matters to advancing national priorities. My latest policy piece published by @acsg.bsky.social proposes this new concept to better integrate considerations of space tech’s benefits and risks across govt policy-making spacegovcentre.org/_files/ugd/e...