Existential crisis?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22002530

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What are the greatest global threats to humanity? Are we on the verge of our own unexpected extinction?

An international team of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute is investigating the biggest dangers.

And they argue in a research paper, Existential Risk as a Global Priority, that international policymakers must pay serious attention to the reality of species-obliterating risks.

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And it's in the business section - bit of a risk to meta-nationals if all their customers are dead. Probably be reported as "unforeseen deterioration in the consumer base, affecting on-going profitability...".