
Typology of Future Threats
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Typology of Future Threats
Extreme heat
Wildfires
Drought and desertification
Sea level rise
Ocean warming / acidification
Ecosystem collapse
Global biodiversity loss
Irreversible pollution
Resource depletion
Critical mineral extraction and competition
Pandemics
Human fertility decline
Zombie pathogens
Bio-engineered weapons/accidents
Environmentally-mediated intellectual decline
Nuclear war
Biological warfare
Genocide and crimes against humanity
Invasion/occupation
Accelerationist ideologies and strategies
Violent competition over critical minerals
Neo-colonial policy and practice
Cyber-attacks
Space warfare
Global economic collapse
Complexification
Totalitarian/authoritarian regimes
Demographic collapse
Narratives and practices of dehumanisation
Social and cultural erasure
Artificial intelligence / AGI threats
Lethal autonomous weapons systems
Human-machine cognitive integration risks
Anti-satellite weapons proliferation
Stratospheric geo-engineering
AI-generated pathogens
Nanotech weapons systems
Quantum capabilities (military)
Black sky events
Asteroid or comet impact
Solar flares and geo-magnetic storms
Orbital debris (Kessler syndrome)
Competition over lunar/asteroid resources
Collapse of air or ocean currents
Gamma-ray bursts
Supervolcanic eruptions
Future technologies
Particle physics events
Unknown cosmic dangers
New pathogens
Cascading environmental catastrophes