12 events that may destroy humanity

By Roberto Rizzato

A report, ' 12 Risks That Threaten Human Civilization ,' has been released that summarizes 12 events that can quickly destroy human society, such as meteorite impacts and large-scale volcanic activity. What action should a person take when he or she is really on the verge of extinction?

About the report · Global Challenges Foundation
http://globalchallenges.org/publications/globalrisks/about-the-project/

The report brought together experts from a variety of disciplines, from Oxford University scholars to financial professionals, to estimate what 'risks' could cause the destruction of humanity. Collect the risk literature listed first and select related literature from the World of Knowledge and Google Scholar as a reliable source of information. Next, investigate whether it has the potential to have a huge impact on the world or whether it is described in the related literature. Then, it is said that it was created by classifying risks into four types and considering the impact on human society if they occur.

◆ On-going risks

01: Increase in carbon dioxide concentration
Increased carbon dioxide concentration and associated extreme climate change

02: Nuclear war

03: Ecological collapse

04: Global pandemic
Diseases like Ebola and HIV happen on a global scale

05: Large-scale system collapse
Collapse of economic or social systems on a global scale

◆ Extrinsic risks

06: Impact of giant meteorite

07: Large-scale volcanic activity

◆ New risks

08: Synthetic biology
'Resident Evil' that you hear in movies and novels corresponds to this.

09: Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is expected to be applied to various fields, but misuse of nanotechnology in the medical field has a risk of destroying humankind.

10: Artificial intelligence
With the perfection of advanced artificial intelligence and the reliance on artificial intelligence for humankind, all the technologies that artificial intelligence enables will be at risk.

11: Unknown risk
The risk of coming from a place that literally is unknown to humankind at the moment.

◆ Risks related to global policy

12: Poor global governance

The figure below maps the risks that may destroy 12 human beings. The more to the right, the more difficult it is to reduce the risk even if we cooperate on a global scale, and the higher we go, the more difficult it is to avoid risk due to technical problems. .. In other words, 'poor global governance' depends on what humans do, and 'artificial intelligence' becomes known only to God if humans develop something above a certain level.

The following 10 solutions are listed as solutions to these problems.

01: Building a leadership network to tackle global challenges
02: Develop better risk assessment capabilities for global challenges
03: Construction of crisis detection system
04: Visualization of extremely complex social systems
05: Rewarding efforts in the right direction
06: Pay attention to all possibilities
07: Increased interest in major risks
08: Clarify the explanation in the appropriate language for large risks
09: Government establishes indicators for global risk
10: Exploring the possibility of establishing Global Risk Organization

'12 Risks That Threaten Human Civilization' was written by Dennis Pamlin , CEO of 21ST CENTURY FRONTIERS , and Dr. Stuart Armstrong of Oxford University. The essential aim of the report is to encourage action and dialogue.