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It is not 1 and two thirds of a minute.
The unit of seconds is made on purpose.
We are in the new category, measured in seconds, not minutes.
"Humanity is 20 seconds closer to the apocalypse, thanks to climate change, nuclear arms, and information warfare."
Climate change will trigger draughts / famines / food shortage / social instability / political pressure... That can lead to civil war, conventional war or nuclear war. And this gentleman in 1949 wrote a book about 1984: /info/en/?search=Thoughtcrime Thoughcrime, fake news, information warfare...
Stefek99 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 09:34, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
People were no longer scared of minutes, which is why they switched to seconds. Next year they may as well switch to milliseconds given to what Russia has been doing. Eventually the "scientists" will get down nanoseconds and then picoseconds when nothing continues to happen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.127.235.79 ( talk) 23:09, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
Is the position of the clock only announced at New Year, these days? Earlier the timing was clearly more fluid. A generic "New Year" mode would explain of course, why the pandemic was not referred to - in early Jamuary '20 it was still not plain how difficult and global it would become.
The clock has been moved forward several times since 2015, to positions never reached before, not even at the height of the Cold War. I figure that if the committee met now, they might place the clock at one minute to midnight - given several reasons: the Ukraine war and the risks of WMD escalation, the climate challenge, North Korea, the risks of new pandemics, etc. 188.150.64.57 ( talk) 03:38, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
I offer the following selection of articles generally commenting on the Doomsday Clock, with the thought that some might be appropriate to include in the article:
Fabrickator ( talk) 23:03, 27 March 2022 (UTC), Fabrickator ( talk) 03:08, 4 May 2022 (UTC), Fabrickator ( talk) 01:09, 18 October 2022 (UTC) Fabrickator ( talk) 20:19, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
From looking at The Bulletin website, I've written a summary.
"Russia invades Ukraine, increases nuclear tensions, and attacks the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, threatening Europe. North Korea test-launches ballistic missiles, possibly prepares for a nuclear test, and Iran continues its nuclear weapons program. The switch to renewable energy slows as climate change intensifies. Disinformation increases, AI technology progresses, surveillance increases, and COVID-19 lingers."
I've summarized this from these articles:
🍁🏳️🌈 DinoSoupCanada 🏳️🌈 🍁 ( talk) 00:20, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
A month? A year? -- 116.240.236.234 ( talk) 12:28, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
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It is not 1 and two thirds of a minute.
The unit of seconds is made on purpose.
We are in the new category, measured in seconds, not minutes.
"Humanity is 20 seconds closer to the apocalypse, thanks to climate change, nuclear arms, and information warfare."
Climate change will trigger draughts / famines / food shortage / social instability / political pressure... That can lead to civil war, conventional war or nuclear war. And this gentleman in 1949 wrote a book about 1984: /info/en/?search=Thoughtcrime Thoughcrime, fake news, information warfare...
Stefek99 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 09:34, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
People were no longer scared of minutes, which is why they switched to seconds. Next year they may as well switch to milliseconds given to what Russia has been doing. Eventually the "scientists" will get down nanoseconds and then picoseconds when nothing continues to happen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.127.235.79 ( talk) 23:09, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
Is the position of the clock only announced at New Year, these days? Earlier the timing was clearly more fluid. A generic "New Year" mode would explain of course, why the pandemic was not referred to - in early Jamuary '20 it was still not plain how difficult and global it would become.
The clock has been moved forward several times since 2015, to positions never reached before, not even at the height of the Cold War. I figure that if the committee met now, they might place the clock at one minute to midnight - given several reasons: the Ukraine war and the risks of WMD escalation, the climate challenge, North Korea, the risks of new pandemics, etc. 188.150.64.57 ( talk) 03:38, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
I offer the following selection of articles generally commenting on the Doomsday Clock, with the thought that some might be appropriate to include in the article:
Fabrickator ( talk) 23:03, 27 March 2022 (UTC), Fabrickator ( talk) 03:08, 4 May 2022 (UTC), Fabrickator ( talk) 01:09, 18 October 2022 (UTC) Fabrickator ( talk) 20:19, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
From looking at The Bulletin website, I've written a summary.
"Russia invades Ukraine, increases nuclear tensions, and attacks the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, threatening Europe. North Korea test-launches ballistic missiles, possibly prepares for a nuclear test, and Iran continues its nuclear weapons program. The switch to renewable energy slows as climate change intensifies. Disinformation increases, AI technology progresses, surveillance increases, and COVID-19 lingers."
I've summarized this from these articles:
🍁🏳️🌈 DinoSoupCanada 🏳️🌈 🍁 ( talk) 00:20, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
A month? A year? -- 116.240.236.234 ( talk) 12:28, 26 January 2024 (UTC)