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In other news, the Doomsday Clock has moved closer to midnight: Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers—nuclear war and climate change—
by sehugg 7y ago
In other news, the Doomsday Clock has moved closer to midnight:
Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers—nuclear war and climate change—that are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyber-enabled information warfare, that undercuts society’s ability to respond. The international security situation is dire, not just because these threats exist, but because world leaders have allowed the international political infrastructure for managing them to erode.
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/ https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/
- whatshisface 7y agoThis is a great example of the author's point - what can nuclear physicists say about "cyber-enabled information warfare," other than by copying the ambient claims floating around Washington?
- sehugg 7y agoThey say more in the link if you care to read it: Continued corruption of the information ecosphere on which democracy and public decision making depend has heightened the nuclear and climate threats. In the last year, many governments used cyber-enabled disinformation campaigns to sow distrust in institutions and among nations, undermining domestic and international efforts to foster peace and protect the planet.
- whatshisface 7y agoExactly, a typical policy statement, and not at all related to nuclear physics or any scientific expertise.
- Ohn0 7y agoWill they begin using the seconds hand?
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 7y agoEvidently they have. "Closer than ever: It is 100 seconds to midnight" https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/ https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/