Apocalypse Now? the 10 Biggest Threats Facing Civilisation
February, 2017.
In this month’s cover story, we meet Earth’s Guardians; a team of scholars working to protect the planet from existential threats.
Meet Earth’s Guardians, the real-world X-men and women saving us from existential threats Meet Earth’s Guardians, the real-world X-men and women saving us from existential threats
The team, made up of highly educated academics, lawyers, scholars and philosophers, form the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER, commonly referred to as “caesar”) and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. At times of global threat, the experts meet to assess the biggest threats facing Earth and what can be done to save civilisation from the impending apocalypse.
Below are the risks the team believes are the most pressing. But don’t worry, it’s coming up with a plan for each of them.
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10. A tyrannical leader undermines global stability
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