But we're inspired by the example of the Internet and the World
Wide Web and also the Human Genome Project, where different parties working together
created a networked
ecosystem in which innovation occurred much more rapidly.
- our almost - total inability as a species to calculate said risks, and what that deficiency means for the rest of the list - ocean degradation and
ecosystem collapse, i.e. losing the things that we rely on, as well as causing irrevocable harm to a world we can't just
create anew - rising GHG levels - water quality and availability across the globe - ensuring our communications networks are sustainable, which probably falls under the
wider umbrella of energy - the fact that we are still unable to provide basic food, shelter, medicine and education to billions as it is, without the additional stresses of what the future may bring