08Sep

200 Leaders Call for New UN Office to Coordinate Global Research to Prevent Human Extinction

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Earth’s magnetic shield weakening, ocean-poisoning hydrogen-sulfide gas from advanced global warning, out-of-control nanotech and AI, are among the possible future threats to humanity, warn The Millennium Project, World Futures Studies Federation, and the Association of Professional Futurists. WASHINGTON, September 8, 2021 (Newswire.com) – In an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, internet pioneer Vint Cerf, […]
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25Aug

Arts/Media Node

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Description: Global Arts & Media Node The Members of the Global Arts & Media Node are: Node Chair: Kate McCallumFounder, c3™The Center for Conscious CreativityLos Angeles, California, USA Node Members: Marco Bevolo, Netherlands LeVar Burton, United States Sandra de Castro Buffington, United States Klaus Haasis, GermanyBrendan Harkin, Australia Dana Klinasin, United States Ed Lantz, United States […]
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01Jun

200 leaders call for new UN Office to coordinate global research to prevent human extinction in open letter to the UN Secretary-General

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  • Existential Threats, Strategic Threats, UN
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres United Nations Dear Mr. Secretary-General: Long-range strategic threats to the survival of humanity are well-documented, ranging from the potential of advanced artificial intelligence growing beyond human control to weakening magnetic fields that protect life on Earth. Although the United Nations includes agencies that are addressing many of the problems facing humanity today, […]
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06May
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Tripping Points on the Roads to Outwit Terror

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  • Real-Time Delphi, terrorism
The Millennium Project is glad to announce the publication of the book ”Tripping Points on the Roads to Outwit Terror,” written by three members of The Millennium Project: Yair Sharan (Co-Chair MP Node in Israel), Ted Gordon (Co-Founder of MP and Senior Fellow), and Elizabeth Florescu (Director of Research). The publisher is Springer and the book […]
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27Apr

Proposed UN Office of Strategic Threats

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Although the United Nations includes agencies that are addressing many of the problems facing humanitytoday, there is no integrated central office to identify, monitor, and anticipate long-term strategic threatsto humanity, and to coordinate efforts for preventing them. There are many threats—such as decreasing fresh water per capita, the concentration of wealth, andethnic violence—but they are […]
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21Apr

SFF Org funding long form

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This template is used to create Long Form Application Attachments for funding from the Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF). Basics What amount of funding is being requested, and for what period of time? (Feel free to write down a range of funding). $1,076,250 over two years, but can be broken into phases funded separately Your […]
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21Apr

Budget for ANI to AGI Governance research

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1. Literature review including research and conference reports and papers to improve questions for interviews, identify interviewees, and input to RTD and panel 1 month two people 40 person days @ $1,500 = $60,000 2.  Interviews: 25 interviewees, each interviewed by two interviewers and analysis of results – Interviewers 60 person days   90,000, Interviewee Honorariums […]
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27Dec

2020 Year in Review

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2020 Year in Review (not listed in any priority; non-scientific, subjective  review by Jerome.Glenn@Millennium-Project.org) plus previous annual reviews back to 2020 COVID-19 brought the world to a grinding halt, increased tele-everything & AI The pandemic caused first global “time out’ for humanity to rethink everything The Internet connects about 60% of humanity: 5 billion people […]
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18Dec

UNESCO Futures Literacy Summit Report & Videos

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The UNESCO Futures Literacy Summit December 8-12 was probably the largest virtual gathering of futurists since the World Future Society’s physical conference in Toronto in 1981 with over 5,000 registered participants. Nearly 8,000 people signed in to the summit platform at https://unesco.infernoar.com/login which is still open now for another few weeks (and efforts will be […]
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