00:00The world just got a terrifying wake-up call and it's ticking.
00:03The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that the Doomsday Clock has moved to 85 seconds
00:08to midnight, the closest humanity has ever been to global catastrophe.
00:12For those unfamiliar, midnight represents the end of civilization as we know it,
00:16and we just moved four seconds closer than last year.
00:18So, what pushed us to this historic low?
00:20Three major threats.
00:21First, nuclear weapons with Russia, China, the US, and other powers becoming increasingly aggressive and nationalistic.
00:26Second, climate change continues accelerating with insufficient global action.
00:29And third, artificial intelligence and disruptive technologies are now being weaponized to spread disinformation.
00:36This marks the third time in five years the clock has moved toward midnight.
00:40The scientists behind this aren't trying to spread panic.
00:43They're issuing what they call a failure of leadership warning.
00:46But here's the crucial part.
00:48This isn't a countdown to doom.
00:50It's a call to action.
00:51As the Bulletin's CEO, Alexandra Bell, puts it,
00:54we have time left to fix the problems we ourselves have created.
00:58The risks from nuclear weapons, climate change, and disruptive technologies are all growing.
01:03Every second counts, and we are running out of time.
01:06But that time isn't zero yet.
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