In 2024, humanity edged ever closer to catastrophe. Trends that have
deeply concerned the Science and Security Board continued, and despite unmistakable signs of danger, national leaders and their societies have
failed to do what is needed to change course. Consequently, we now move
the Doomsday Clock from 90 seconds to 89 seconds to midnight—the closest
it has ever been to catastrophe.
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The dangers we have just listed are greatly exacerbated by a potent
threat multiplier: the spread of misinformation, disinformation, and
conspiracy theories that degrade the communication ecosystem and
increasingly blur the line between truth and falsehood. Advances in AI
are making it easier to spread false or inauthentic information across
the internet—and harder to detect it. At the same time, nations are
engaging in cross-border efforts to use disinformation and other forms
of propaganda to subvert elections, while some technology, media, and
political leaders aid the spread of lies and conspiracy theories. This corruption of the information ecosystem undermines the public discourse
and honest debate upon which democracy depends. The battered information landscape is also producing leaders who discount science and endeavor to suppress free speech and human rights, compromising the fact-based
public discussions that are required to combat the enormous threats
facing the world.
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2025-statement/
When bob floods the zone, he multiplies.
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“We need to acknowledge he let us down. He went down a path he shouldn’t have, and we shouldn’t have followed him. We shouldn’t have listened to him, and we can’t let that happen ever again”.
-- Nikki Haley
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