One of the conspiracy-minded folks' least favourite organisations, the World Economic Forum, has released its annual report on their perceived biggest “global risks” to the world.
What is a global risk?
“Global risk” is defined as the possibility of the occurrence of an event or condition which, if it occurs, would negatively impact a significant proportion of global GDP, population or natural resources.
They believe that misinformation and disinformation is the biggest risk in the short term.
Emerging as the most severe global risk anticipated over the next two years, foreign and domestic actors alike will leverage misinformation and disinformation to further widen societal and political divides
There are certainly a lot of elections coming up for us to worry about being affected by this kind of stuff. And many other domains in which incorrect or misleading information will make the world a much worse place to live in.
In the long term, it’s mostly environmental risks that they believe will cause the most severe risks. Number 1 is extreme weather, which has already devastated quite some lives.
Here’s the ranking from their report:
