“Humanity Edging Closer To Catastrophe”: Iconic Doomsday Clock moves one second closer to midnight as global existential threats rage. Clock factors include nuclear weapons, climate crisis, artificial intelligence, infectious diseases, and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
it really does feel strange to see it in the news rather than in an archive or a history book
It made sense in a world where MAD was still a new concept, international standards for nuclear stuff was still being ironed out, and the cold war was at its most intense. But today? If you want a barometer for existential crisis, look at the change in average °C
it really does feel strange to see it in the news rather than in an archive or a history book
It made sense in a world where MAD was still a new concept, international standards for nuclear stuff was still being ironed out, and the cold war was at its most intense. But today? If you want a barometer for existential crisis, look at the change in average °C