"According to the researchers, the 12 global risks that threaten human civilization are:
Current risks
1. Extreme Climate Change
2. Nuclear War
3. Ecological Catastrophe
4. Global Pandemic
5. Global System Collapse
Exogenic risks
6. Major Asteroid Impact
7. Supervolcano
Emerging risks
8. Synthetic Biology
9. Nanotechnology
10. Artificial Intelligence
11. Uncertain Risks
Global policy risk
12. Future Bad Global Governance
Total oblivion is not a foregone conclusion, however."
Honestly, none of it sounds bad to me if it means extinction of the human species. Humans are a terribly cruel and destructive species. We insist on constant war, poverty, resource guzzling, and too much else to name.
Climate change is probably too late and inevitable. Nuclear war and global system collapse tend to go hand-in-hand as the two predict eachother. We may have long been due for a global pandemic. Exogenic risks are inevitable.
The optimists from the technology sector must either be paid by the said industries or delusional.
Why else do people embrace risky, unknown technologies like synthetic biology and nanotechnology? Its the cult of techno-entrancement that started in the early 20th century with the lightbulb and while improving human conditions has led to a materialist mindset. Theres wonderful alternatives to chemical agriculture such as regenerative agriculture. Look at the 100 year war on natural medicine all while billions get spent on pharmaceutical research. Now they want to spend trillions more to send people to Mars(1) while Earth problems are given far less funding!
1. Mars
Indeed, humans tend towards optimism even as it drives them into delusional extinction.