How to survive the 21st century: Three existential threats to humanity

Yuval Noah Harari
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Yuval Noah Harari: Professor, Department of History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Journal of Data Protection & Privacy, 2020, vol. 3, issue 4, 463-468

Abstract: This paper discusses how the 21st century presents three existential threats to humanity: social and economic upheaval, unprecedented inequality due to the artificial intelligence revolution and the rise of digital dictatorships. The world is at risk of technology dividing it into wealthy elites and exploited ‘data colonies’. This paper makes the case for better international cooperation in order to tackle global challenges.

Keywords: existential threats; social and economic upheavals; AI; technology risks; digital dictatorships; globalisation; cooperation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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