Its Not Quite Doomsday oClockBut It Should Be

Published: Jan. 25, 2019, 7:24 a.m.

b'Each January, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists greets the new year with a readout of its Doomsday Clock, an allegorical timepiece created in 1947 to illustrate our species\\u2019 proximity to the apocalypse. The announcement of the time\\u2014with human civilization in its eleventh hour\\u2014tends to arrive amid considerable fanfare, especially in these tempestuous times. WIRED OPINION ABOUT Kyle L.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'