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Why The Doomsday Clock Is Closer To Apocalypse Than Ever With Rachel Bronson
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25 minutes
Released:
Feb 12, 2020
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Since its inception following World War II, the Doomsday Clock has measured our time until apocalypse in minutes. This year, for the first time, the clock set our time to midnight in just seconds. Rachel Bronson is the CEO and president of the Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists, the organization that sets the clock. Even though the Clock is a metaphor, she says understanding the meaning behind it is a matter of life and death. This year, the Bulletin cited two major factors in their decision: the threat of nuclear destruction and the ever worsening problem of climate change. But are we really closer to nuclear destruction than during the Cold War? And is there any hope that we could turn the hands of doom back on climate change? Subscribe to Big Brains on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.
Released:
Feb 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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