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The Man Whose Job It Is to Constantly Imagine the Total Collapse of Humanity in Order to Save It
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The Man Whose Job It Is to Constantly Imagine the Total Collapse of Humanity in Order to Save It

Vice News, 2015

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Analytical
  • Innovative
  • Eye Opening

Recommendation

What can a man who spends his days pondering mankind’s most urgent crises tell us about how to save the world? Perhaps quite a lot. Vice UK reporter Joe Banks interviews Vinay Gupta – a former US Department of Defense consultant and now an associate fellow at the University College London Institute for Security and Resilience Studies – about the worst issues facing mankind today to learn what society could do to mitigate the potential damage. getAbstract recommends this article especially to those interested in global crisis management.

Take-Aways

  • Earth’s human population exceeds its resources, and technologies which could mitigate this and similar problems are dangerous if used unwisely. 
  • Eliminating inequality may prove impossible, but it is possible to use technology to mitigate the pains of poverty and dramatically improve the poor’s quality of life.
  • Focus on space exploration is important both in terms of helping humanity survive in the face of dwindling resources and in tamping down on “territorial aggression.”

About the Author

Joe Banks is a freelance writer and contributor at Vice UK – a print magazine and website focused on arts, culture and news topics.


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