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I didn't enter this at 3 minutes to midnight last night.
Three minutes to midnight is what I think the Doomsday Clock should be set to.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has informed the world what time it is since 1947, when its now-famous "Doomsday Clock" first appeared of the cover of the magazine. Since then, the minute hand of the clock has moved forward and back to reflect the global level of nuclear danger and the state of international security.
Currently it's at 7 minutes to midnight. During the years 1984 to 1988 it stood at 3 minutes, a time when:
The arms race accelerates. "Arms control negotiations have been reduced to a species of propaganda. . . . The blunt simplicities of force threaten to displace any other form of discourse between the superpowers."
Which feels very familiar. And distressing.
Doomsday Clock current time
Wikipedia: Doomsday clock
Wikipedia: Nuclear warfare
