Perfect storm of threats against human race
By Kim Won-sooThe human race is facing the biggest threat of an unprecedented self-destructive force created by people. Since last year, a group of world-renowned scientists called the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set the doomsday clock at only 100 seconds to midnight, which denotes the biblical moment of self-destruction. This is the worst level seen over the last seven decades since the scientists started the clock in 1947. This worst threat can be attributed to an imminent perfect storm brewing from three different directions: 1) nuclear and other WMD (weapons of mass destruction); 2) climate change; and 3) disruptive new technologies.Coping with this perfect storm requires a new global compact in which all countries participate. Efforts involving the compact to deal with the second threat of climate change started with the Paris Climate Accords of 2015. Follow-up measures are now back on track with President Joe Biden of the United States returning to the agreement from which his predecessor, former U.S. President Donald Trump, withdrew earlier.Regarding the first and th
