Statement

Perhaps the most powerful forces of civilization are ideas.
Ideas shape individual, societal and cultural norms.
They define tribes and ennoble them to a greater cause and purpose.
Ideas are glorified, defended and died-in-the-name for.
But history has shown that ideas are the cause of many conflicts, rivalries and injustice.
Ideas can simultaneously advance and oppress humanity.

Our understanding of Nature and the fundamental building blocks of it have advanced civilization.
But the power of knowledge can fuel dark imaginations justified by dubious moral arguments and ideologies.

This series was inspired by the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer (aka father of the atomic bomb).
His tragic story is often referred to as modern day Prometheus or Icarus.
The scientific community had learned a deep mystery of the atom in the early 20th century and then proceeded to ask “what if…”
What if we take the nuclear fusion from life-giving Sun and turn it into a weapon?
Theory became reality in horrifying display at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Oppenheimer became the face of such terrifying invention.
Although he later warned about the moral danger of such scientific endeavor, he was
stripped of his influence and excommunicated from government and scientific community shortly after the war.

It was too late. The genie was out of the bottle.
His idea had flourished.