Response #3 Doomsday Clock Is Set at 2 Minutes to Midnight, Closest Since 1950s

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The concept of the "Doomsday Clock" had always fascinated me, ever since I was made aware of it by a musical album based around it's concept. Titled "Minutes To Midnight", the titled caught my eye and I had further researched on the Doomsday Clock. In this article, it discusses how recently the clock has ticked closer to midnight, a metaphorical way of showing how close humanity is to the apocalypse.

The article discussed how in 2017, the political climate and tension of several decisions by political leaders, and tensions between countries ushered the clock closer to midnight by thirty seconds, the closest it has been since the Cold War in the 1950s. This is very terrifying, and I feel that without the metaphor would be very difficult for many people to visualize how dangerous the situation we are all in right now is.

Similarly how David Suzuki has used metaphors to visualize how severely doomed we are in regards to population control and environmental issues, the Doomsday Clock is very important in teaching others who may not understand things without an efficient accompanying visual to see it. It also shows people who may not realize how their actions effect the state of humanity's survival immediately, and would hopefully be a wake up call and slowly change the way they think. If not, it's sure that the clock will tick closer and closer to midnight.

It also shows how tightly wound humans are with politics and the decisions made by world leaders. It is essential to save our planet, our environment, and our species, to be well aware of how seemingly unrelated things drastically effect eachother.