For me, the really concerning aspect of this is that now, more than at any time in our history, our species needs to work together. We face awesome environmental challenges: climate change, food production, overpopulation, the decimation of other species, epidemic disease, acidification of the oceans.
Together, they are a reminder that we are at the most dangerous moment in the development of humanity. We now have the technology to destroy the planet on which we live, but have not yet developed the ability to escape it.
In a Guardian article CSER adviser Stephen Hawking calls for elites to learn “a measure of humility” and writes eloquently about the emerging risks that threaten our continued existence as a species.
