Human-induced existential risks are symptoms of two underlying generator functions.

One of these functions is rivalrous (win-lose) games. This includes any activity where one party competes to win at the expense of another party. The win-lose games are at the root of almost all harm that humans have caused, both to each other and to the biosphere. As technology is increasing our capacity to cause harm, these competitive games start to exceed the capacity of the playing field. Scaled to a global level and multiplied by exponential technology, these win-lose games become an omni lose-lose generator. When the stakes are high enough, winning the game means destroying the entire playing field and all the players. 

What have capitalism, science and technology have created? Among by-products of these rivalrous games are what are referred to as “multipolar traps”.  Multipolar traps are scenarios where the things that work well for individuals locally are directly against the global well-being. Our sense-making and choice making processes need to be upgraded and improved if we want to solve these traps as a category.

Are the current phases of capitalism, science, technology and democracy destabilizing and coming to an end? if so, in order to avoid extinction, we have to come up with different systems altogether, and replace rivalry with anti-rivalry. One of the ways to do that is moving from ownership of goods towards access to shared common resources. We must be at the place where the harmful win-lose dynamics both have to and can change.

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