Hello All,

Talk about letting the fox guard the henhouse.

From:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct...
 airman-doomsday-cloc/

By Kathleen Ronayne - Associated Press - Updated: 5:26 p.m. on Thursday, 
October 25, 2018

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Gov. Jerry Brown's role as a crusader against 
the existential threats of nuclear war and climate change was elevated 
Thursday when he was named executive chairman of the Bulletin of Atomic 
Scientists, the group famous for managing the Doomsday Clock.

"We really see him as a global ambassador for the issues that we work on - 
manmade existential threats, nuclear, climate, disruptive technology," said 
Rachel Bronson, the group's president and chief executive.

The Chicago-based bulletin was founded in 1945 after the creation of the 
atomic bomb and in the decades since has expanded its mission to a broader 
discussion of threats to human survival. The Doomsday clock is a visual 
representation of how close the Bulletin believes the world is to catastrophe.

In January, the group moved the hand to just two minutes from midnight.

It's a topic Brown speaks of frequently, even noting it in his 2018 State of 
the State Address.

"Our world, our way of life, our system of governance - all are at immediate 
and genuine risk," he warned.

As executive chairman, Brown will preside over the Bulletin's three boards - a 
governing board, a science and security board and an editorial board. It's a 
new role created just for Brown, and he'll focus on generating global urgency 
around nuclear and other threats.

"We know that he thinks about big issues," Bronson said. "These are really 
hard to talk about - climate change and nuclear risk - because they're so big 
and they seem so intractable."

The new position ensures Brown will stay relevant on the global topics he 
cares most about when he leaves office in January after four terms as 
California governor spanning four decades. He warned of nuclear threats during 
his governorship and presidential bids in the 1970s and 80s and has renewed 
his focus on the topic during his final years in office.

He also sits on the board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, attending meetings 
of the group in Washington, D.C., this week. While there, he also discussed 
nuclear threats with U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Brown spokesman Evan 
Westrup declined to provide specifics on the conversation.

Brown was not made available for an interview early Thursday.

But he offered a dark take on the global state of affairs in an article 
released Thursday on the Bulletin's website.

"There's a great risk of radical disruption being set in motion, and to turn 
it back and turn to a sustainable future is something that has to start now," 
he said. "Can we wake people up before the absolute horror has occurred, while 
these patterns that are inexorably leading to the horror are building up and 
occurring?"

[Sean's note: nothing sells like doom porn.]

Later,
Sean

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