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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 07:57 AM Apr 2020

Sooner or later all questions of existential risk come down to a global understanding and agreements

'That’s problematic, because while our economic systems are international, our political systems remain almost entirely national or federal. Problems that affect everyone are consequently owned by no one in particular. If humanity is to step back from the precipice, it will have to learn how to recognise its common bonds as greater than its differences.'

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/26/what-if-covid-19-isnt-our-biggest-threat

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