💬 Opinion Sep 10, 2026 · Robert Bellafiore

Günther Anders, the Philosopher at the End of the World

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Günther Anders, the Philosopher at the End of the World
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When Army Air Forces officer Claude Eatherly piloted the plane Straight Flush in support of Enola Gay’s mission to obliterate the city of Hiroshima, his tasks were little different from those of past flights. It was just another flight requiring the twenty-six-year-old’s technical acumen, but it also involved wiping 70,000 people off the face of the earth. Eatherly would later feel anguish over his role: He repeatedly attempted suicide and was eventually institutionalized. At the t

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