What It Tracks
The Doomsday Clock measures the distance between human and machine. How close we are to the point where the distinction stops meaning what it used to. The hosts move it every Monday after the show, based on what the week revealed: new capabilities, new questions, new moments where the line got harder to find. It can move forward. It can move back. What it can't do is stand still for long.
This Week's Reading
WEEKLY READING · March 6, 2026 · EST
First reading. The clock opens at 11 minutes to midnight. Not because we ran the numbers. Because we've been paying attention, and 11 feels like the truth. Close enough to feel the heat. Far enough to still be arguing about what happens when it gets there.
History
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MARCH 6, 2026 · EPISODE 163
INITIAL READING · 11 MIN
First reading.