Hello friends.
I came across a post mentioning the doomsday clock today on Facebook, and decided to check into there analysis again. I've heard of this before, but it had been a long while since I last checked.
Unfortunately, the organization running it seems to quite accurately be predicting an intense, multi-faceted existential threat to humanity. Their current time page, linked here is an excellent, but scary, overview of what is going wrong in the world, and how close humanity is to destruction. It's quite long, but I'd say it's worth the read. They luckily include info about steps that can be taken, all of which I agree with.
Here's one of the proposed solutions that I think is particularly crucial.
"US citizens should demand climate action from their government. Climate change is a serious and worsening threat to humanity. Citizens should insist that their governments acknowledge it and act accordingly. President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate change agreement was a dire mistake. The Trump administration should revisit that decision, which runs counter to credible science."
We're living in very troubling times. I'm trying to remain hopeful that humanity came come through this safely together, but it is difficult sometimes.
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