TED-Ed: The 4 greatest threats to the survival of humanity | TED-Ed

The video discusses existential risks, including nuclear war, climate change, and emerging technologies like engineered pandemics and AI. It highlights the potential for these risks to cause human extinction or civilization collapse. The video emphasizes the importance of understanding and mitigating these risks, noting that human choices play a crucial role in reducing them.

What incident occurred after the end of the Cold War that nearly led to a global nuclear war?

How has the risk of extinction or collapse of human civilization changed since the invention of the atomic bomb?

What are some natural causes that have posed extinction risks to humanity over the last 2000 centuries?

What are the potential consequences of a global nuclear war as described in the text?

In what ways could climate change contribute to existential risks?

What emerging technologies pose significant existential risks according to the text?

How can human choices impact the existential risks faced by humanity?