16 favourite reactions to the news that the Doomsday clock is the closest it’s ever been to midnight
The Doomsday Clock is a metaphor for how close the world is to a man-made disaster of apocalyptic proportions. The time on the clock is calculated and announced each year by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, with the amount of time from midnight indicating the metaphorical distance from annihilation.
It began at seven minutes away, at its inception in 1947, moving back and forth as world events have unfolded.
In 2023, with the war in Ukraine, the Bulletin moved the clock to 90 seconds from midnight, and that’s where it’s stayed until now.
Here’s a snippet of the statement.
“In setting the Clock one second closer to midnight, we send a stark signal: Because the world is already perilously close to the precipice, a move of even a single second should be taken as an indication of extreme danger and an unmistakable warning that every second of delay in reversing course increases the probability of global disaster.”
We bet they’re fun at parties.
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