Let's have a look at some of the things happening in the world today.
In some ways it's getting close to midnight, and this clock is the clock which the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (which is an organization that meets every year and publishes their so-called Doomsday Clock) is meant to alert people about how near we are to the Midnight Hour.
It is secular organization by the way and this year they set the clock at ‘90 Seconds To Midnight’ which is the same as last year’s reading but it's as the closest it's ever been to midnight.
This suggests that they are worried about the state of humanity and the threat to the human race.
Tony Pearce