Oppenheimer

5 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 2, 2023 by Marc Andreessen · said 30 times in 7 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Everything said about Oppenheimer, oldest first

Aug 2, 2023 negative
Opinion
Andreessen: Society Is Repeating Oppenheimer-Era Historical Mistakes
“It feels eerily to me like history is repeating itself, like a lot more directly than I would prefer, exactly like it happened, you know, in Oppenheimer's time with the Russians. I think there are a lot of lessons to draw from the mistakes that were made in th…”
Marc Andreessen Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 0:00 Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
Aug 2, 2023 positive
What-if
Andreessen: 200 million people are alive today because of nuclear deterrence
“And so there are probably something like two hundred million people alive today who would not be alive had Oppenheimer not admitted The bomb.”
Marc Andreessen Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 31:37 Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
Oct 1, 2023 positive
Prediction Partly held up
Andreessen: Oppenheimer will top $1 billion and sweep the Oscars
“Look, Oppenheimer, I think is going to top a billion dollars in the box office and is like, you know, a fantastic success and is going to sweep the Oscars and so forth.”
Marc Andreessen Oct 1, 2023 ▶ 1:59:04 What is the Future of Hollywood?
Oct 24, 2025 positive
Opinion
Andreessen: Lewis Strauss was the true hero of "Oppenheimer"
“That's my, like, long extended argument for why Lewis Strauss was actually the hero of the movie. Because he was correct. Oppenheimer could not be trusted. Oppenheimer needed to be rejected from the project.”
Marc Andreessen Oct 24, 2025 ▶ 1:06:29 Marc Andreessen: How Movies Explain America
Oct 24, 2025 negative
Opinion
Andreessen: Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" cheated audiences on its moral framing
“I thought the movie just like really cheated on the morality of it, because it kind of presented this guy that slammed down that the nuke was bad, and that these people were bad, and the whole thing was bad, and that Einstein was like a, er, sorry, that both E…”
Marc Andreessen Oct 24, 2025 ▶ 1:03:30 Marc Andreessen: How Movies Explain America
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