“The clock's original setting in 1947 was seven minutes to midnight. It has been set backward and forward 24 times since, the largest-ever number of minutes to midnight being 17 in 1991, and the smallest being 100 seconds in 2020 and 2021.” en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_
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Nobody would use a chronos based clock metaphor today. We would measure doomer sentiment via memes. A kairos approach.
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The annual doomsday clock statements are pretty hacky. It should be possible to build a better narrative lighthouse. It should update continuously and tweet updates. Not just once a year accompanied by a ponderous essay. Superforecast this thing.
thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock
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Exploring the site… it appears to be a bit of a grift type boondoggle
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Staffed with Famous People™ but unclear why we should take their doomsday estimates any more seriously than anyone else’s
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This basically a think tank that assembles a bunch of already famous people to talk and issue a vague annual statement on x-risks, accompanied by a pretty meaningless metaphoric number
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