#DOOMSDAY CLOCK 2021 PLUS#

And while it originally started because of how humans might end up nuking each other to the Stone Age, over the years it’s brought in other factors to make determinations about the longevity of human existence. It was meant to show the fate of humanity, how the countdown aspect could represent large-scale changes or conflicts in the world. The group originally set the Doomsday Clock to seven minutes to midnight. At the time the clock was used as a visual representation of the peril humans may have put themselves in with the creation and proliferation of nuclear weapons. The Doomsday Clock was created by the members of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists all the way back in 1947.

Considering that it is where this whole thing started, it makes sense that the group would see this as the central piece of the thesis behind the Doomsday Clock setting.

#DOOMSDAY CLOCK 2021 PLUS#

Plus increased issues around climate change are part of the rationale as well.Īnd of course, the increasing supply of nuclear arsenals from a number of different countries continues to be at the forefront of the Doomsday Clock and its current setting. In addition to the ongoing heightened political tension, the group also mentioned biosecurity as an increased threat as well as disinformation campaigns making the “truth” more difficult to have consensus on these days.

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