{"id":228410,"date":"2023-01-30T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=228410"},"modified":"2023-01-30T09:20:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:20:07","slug":"as-bulletin-of-atomic-scientists-announce-doomsday-clock-at-90-seconds-to-midnight-they-unknowingly-push-the-dial-even-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/01\/as-bulletin-of-atomic-scientists-announce-doomsday-clock-at-90-seconds-to-midnight-they-unknowingly-push-the-dial-even-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"As Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Announce Doomsday Clock at 90 Seconds to Midnight, They Unknowingly Push the Dial Even Closer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe splitting of the atom has changed everything except the way we think. Thus, we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2014 Albert Einstein<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

28 Jan 2023 – <\/em>On January 24, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, founded by Einstein, Oppenheimer and scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, unveiled the 2023 Doomsday Clock<\/a>, now at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been. This year, they cite new nuclear threats from the Ukraine war, the climate crisis and pandemics.<\/p>\n

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Members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Siegfried S. Hecker, Daniel Holz, Sharon Squassoni, Mary Robinson and Elbegdorj Tsakhia stand for a photo with the 2023 Doomsday Clock in Washington, DC, on January 24 – Image credit: the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists<\/p><\/div>\n

Ironically this took place:<\/p>\n