**9. Dialing back the doomsday clock**

The bulletin of atomic scientists and SERI study cited war, disease, climate change, and disruptive technology as the proverbial Swords of Damocles hanging over planet earth [1, 151]. Due to these threats, the doomsday clock crept 90 seconds to midnight (the ignition time and point of no return from Armageddon) on 24th January 2023. Thus, mitigation of any of the threats is tantamount to dialing back the doomsday clock.
