"Two and a half minutes to midnight"

For the last two years, the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock stayed at three minutes before the hour, the closest it’s been to midnight since the 1980s. During another casual in-class discussion in Mr.Masincupp’s class, I learned about the dangers our world is facing and how in reality, how close we are to the end of the world. With all of the recent events that have led to the scientific-based clock leaning towards midnight, the probability of global catastrophe is extremely high and need to be taken seriously. With events such as the election of Trump, the affairs with North Korea, and all of the natural disasters happening so rapidly, the sad truth is without change, the world is near its final goodbyes.

            The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a man-made catastrophe, and as the hypothetical handle reaches closer to midnight, the closer we are to total global domination. The clock is at the closest it’s ever been to striking midnight in several years, and it spreads awareness to the very clear problems our nation has been facing. The following events are the main contributions to the moving clock in 2017: the rise of nationalism, U.S.’s President Donald Trump’s comments over nuclear weapons, the arms race between U.S. and Russia, the disbelief from many Americans over climate change by the Trump Administration, etc.

            In my opinion, the fact that events like these are happening in the world and how people have little belief in their reality, proves how because of how corrupt our society has become there is little hope for change in the course of how our world progresses. In order to find change in the world, we need to first learn to accept how corrupt our society is and make bigger changes for the better. The fight for change will end if we accept reality and continue to be ignorant to the world around us.