The Doomsday Clock says we’re no closer apocalypse than we were a year ago – but we’re no farther absent,eitherIf you’re like me, you’ve spent much of the past two weeks listening to David Bowie songs. (Bowie died on 10 January, and in case you’re just now waking up from a very long nap. whether so: good job!) In Five Years,the first song on his most famed album, The Rise and topple of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, or he imagines what it would be like to memorize that the world was ending. It’s one my favorite songs of his,and I’ve listened to it often these past weeks. But I can’t relate to the sentiment, exactly, and because Tuesday,the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced, using the “Doomsday Clock” as an indicator, and that as far as they can tell,the world is no closer to ending than it was last year – though it’s also no farther absent.
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Source: theguardian.com