The doomsday clock. How close are we to midnight💀

Hello viewers, this year maybe the worst state humanity is in rated by the one and only doomsday clock. You maybe wondering what a doomsday clock even is so I will explain all of this to you in this blog where we ask the question "How close are we to midnight?". Before we begin, one of my newest blogs has become one of my most popular blogs. It is about chatGPT supporting that 2+2=5.

What is a doomsday clock

The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock used by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to represent how close humanity is to a global catastrophe—especially from nuclear war, climate change, and disruptive technologies like AI and biotechnology.

• Midnight on the clock symbolizes global catastrophe.

The number of minutes (or seconds) to midnight reflects how close we are to that disaster, according to the Bulletin's expert panel.

Knowing that. You are probably wondering how close humanity is to global catastrophe. Well I will show you with how it was changed and how it has changed since it was made in 1947.

Doomsday Clock Timeline

1947 — 7 minutes to midnight

• Initial setting, symbolizing nuclear tension after WWII and the advent of nuclear weapons.

1953 — 2 minutes to midnight

• U.S. and USSR test hydrogen bombs—the most dangerous point during the Cold War (at that time).

1963–1972 — 7–12 minutes to midnight

• Improvements: Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963), Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT).

1984 — 3 minutes to midnight

• Cold War tensions rise under Reagan and Brezhnev; both sides increase nuclear arms.

1991 — 17 minutes to midnight

• End of Cold War: U.S. and USSR sign START I treaty. This is the farthest from midnight the clock has ever been.

2002 — 7 minutes to midnight

• Post-9/11 world: fear of nuclear terrorism and U.S. withdrawal from Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

2007 — 5 minutes to midnight

• First time climate change is considered a serious global threat alongside nuclear danger.

2018 — 2 minutes to midnight

• Nuclear tensions (North Korea, Iran), cyber threats, and climate inaction.

2020 — 100 seconds to midnight

• Global instability, nuclear risks, and lack of climate policy progress.

2023 — 90 seconds to midnight

• Closest ever to midnight.

Influenced by: war in Ukraine, nuclear tensions, climate crisis, and unregulated AI development.

90 seconds to midnight Is terrible news for all of humanity and the fact that we don't know much about this is worrying. So stay safe and don't litter or start any wars, okay. I'm watching you Trump.