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Stories are how we learn to face the dark. As a neurologist, I studied the brain’s response to fear and wonder; as a father, I discovered that both belong at the bedside.

This blog is where I share those lessons—reflections from a lifetime in medicine and storytelling, where the human mind remains the most mysterious landscape of all.

I’ll be sharing my stories across the U.S. and parts of Canada. Take a look at my Events calendar—I hope our paths cross along the way.

DOOMSDAY

DOOMSDAY

DOOMSDAYRandolph B Schiffer
Published on: 20/02/2026

When the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the Doomsday Clock to eighty-five seconds before midnight, most people respond with alarm. This piece does not. Instead, it turns its attention to a quieter, more intimate question: not whether the world ends, but how. Set against the backdrop of a brutal winter storm in Michigan, this reflection explores cold as both literal force and moral metaphor. In seventy-two powerless hours, strangers huddle, hierarchies soften, and an unexpected fellowship emerges in the dark. With dry wit and unsentimental observation, Doomsday considers character, climate, and the curious human tendency to find warmth in the very conditions that threaten us.

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