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In 2021, seventeen prominent scientists issued a warning to humanity.
In their paper Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future, they highlight the lack of appreciation for just how dire our situation is.
In 2021, seventeen prominent scientists issued a warning to humanity.
In their paper Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future, they highlight the lack of appreciation for just how dire our situation is.
The mainstream is having difficulty grasping the magnitude of this loss
With limited capacity of making prudent, long-term decisions
A fine balance without inducing disproportionate feelings of despair
The paper is not a call to surrender—it’s aim is to provide leaders with a realistic “cold shower” of the state of the planet that is essential for planning to avoid a ghastly future.
It is also a call to action for experts in any discipline that deals with the future of the biosphere and human well-being to “tell it like it is.”
This website is a project of the Millennium Alliance for Humanity & the Biosphere at Stanford
Our organization aims for the following goals:
The paper and it's message must stay relevant and urgent.
Responses relative to the warning are encouraged and shared.
We celebrate and share those that are brave enough to 'tell it like it is'.
