🌍 Applications open for the Global Cooperation Fellowship (Mar–Jun 2026)! A remote program for young leaders working on peace, climate & global cooperation. Expert mentorship, peer collaboration & structured support to turn ambition into action.
Deadline Feb 27
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Bulletin President and CEO Alexandra Bell reaches out to move the time on the Clock hand.
Science and Security Board members Jon Wolfsthal, Asha M. George, and Steve Fetter stand beside the Doomsday Clock as President and CEO Alexandra Bell delivers remarks.
Bulletin President and CEO Alexandra Bell gives remarks at a podium.
A close up of the Clock time shows its setting at 85 seconds to midnight.
The 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement, captured by photographer Jamie Christiani.
IT IS 85 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT.
Watch the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement: buff.ly/BGu0Zse
The world is not short on ideas. It is short on maintenance.
In 2026 several guardrails come due. Nuclear treaties. AI regulation. Climate budgets. This is the year we can still steer.
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Most people want the same quiet thing. A world where ordinary life stays ordinary.
Cooperation is a craft we can train, like mending a net. The sea is indifferent to speeches.
Read our latest post: "How the World Holds"
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Join us at the Charter for Compassion Global Youth Conference.
Opening panel: From Crisis to Compassion
Tue Oct 28, 9:30–10:20 AM ET (6:30 AM PT, 1:30 PM GMT)
Register: events.ringcentral.com/events/cfc-g...
@chartercompassion.bsky.social #CFCYouthConf2025 #CompassionInAction #Peacebuilding
Our latest post, inspired by Sumiya from Bangladesh, confronts the deadliest question: "What will people say?" It's a question that costs lives. This isn't one story; it is a global crisis. Read our universal blueprint for choosing life over gossip. #EndViolence
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Our new piece is "The Shortlist," a non-partisan engineering plan with 8 moves to ensure civilizational survival.
We're at a hinge moment, facing risks from AI, pandemics, climate, and conflict. The path forward isn't about doom, it's about focus.
Read the plan:
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Is life worth living? It's the one serious philosophical problem. This post is not a pep talk, but a sober audit of the debits and credits of being alive. From the pain of loneliness to the durable assets of purpose and connection.
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#Life #Philosophy #Meaning #Hope
The opposite of tragedy isn't comedy. It's maintenance.
In a century of cascading crises, our survival depends not on grand disruptions, but on the boring, essential work of holding things together. A new essay on choosing to "Fail Gently." #SystemsThinking
Read:
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We have the power to end ancient sufferings and prevent new catastrophes. The only thing missing is the collective will.
Our new essay explores this "Coordination Paradox"—why we are so capable yet so paralyzed, and what it would take to use the power we have.
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A Cambridge researcher's 5,000-year analysis concludes that extreme inequality driven by elites is the primary driver.
The warning: "self-termination is most likely" for our interconnected global system.
The solution: genuine democracy & ending elite capture.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Honored to partner with @chartercompassion for the Global Youth Conference 2025 (Oct 28-30, online).
Youth-led, action-focused, totally free. Join us → bit.ly/4kVGml6
#CFCYouthConf2025
Join us at 10 Billion: an open-source, borderless citizens’ collaboration turning shared hope into action, one community at a time.
#SolarForAll #YouthPower #10Billion #CommunityEnergy #Malawi
You can help by:
• Teaching or learning solar skills
• Co-designing community training
• Capturing and sharing stories
• Funding or organizing workshops
• Advocating or connecting us to partners
Together, we’ll build a fair, resilient, solar-powered world, community by community. 🔆
10 Billion is piloting a solar hub to train 40 youth technicians, install a rooftop solar + battery system, and share open blueprints so any town can follow. Malawi today, your town tomorrow.
Join us: Email team@10billion.org with how you’d like to contribute.
In Malawi, 1 in 4 still live without reliable electricity ⚡ and students still carry kerosene lamps to read by at dusk. Lilongwe’s young leaders are changing that, learning solar installation, powering classrooms and clinics, and proving community-driven solutions spark the brightest change.
On September 6th in Berlin, 10Billion.org and Unit Aware are convening a curated group of researchers, activists, philanthropists, and founders. Our focus is moving beyond discussion to forge the connections and projects that will shape a thriving world for all of us.
19 years of declining freedom. Deep-fake politics. Record ocean heat. 🎪
“Democracy on the Tightrope” maps the cracks, then lays out 7 fixes & 5 actions you can start this week. Read & share:
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We've unveiled cosmic secrets & life's code. Science delivered answers our ancestors only dreamed of. Yet, our power now outpaces our wisdom. This century demands we bridge that gap. Will we choose flourishing or collapse?
Our deep dive:
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#Science #Philosophy #Life
Imagine the universe fine-tuned 1-in-10¹²⁰ just so you could exist.
Explore the cosmic lottery you’ve already won and why our improbable existence demands action on climate, AI ethics, and more.
Read here:
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Stardust on a Knife-Edge: We evolved for small bands but now shape the planet. Learn why radical interdependence, clear-eyed realism and humble foresight will decide whether humanity flourishes or fails this century. Dive in ⏩
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"Strike a match. For a heartbeat the tip glows hotter than boiling water while the wood below stays cool enough to hold."
Three principles govern all living systems, from cells to civilizations.
Find out what they are:
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Why did natural selection train us for gossip & short‑term wins when the 21st Century needs planet‑level coordination?
We wrote a roadmap, from de‑alerting nukes to taxing doomscroll UX, that could keep Homo sapiens in the game.
Read: open.substack.com/pub/10billio...
#Longtermism #GlobalRisk
A 21st century storm: climate crisis, AI chaos, shifting power. Africa's youth are central to navigating it. Aid is past; strategic agency is paramount. Read the hard truths of Africa's pivotal role and what's required for prosperity – for Africans, for humanity.
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A silent transfer of agency is underway as AI agents gain power. How do we ensure this serves humanity's shared hopes for peace, equity & a healthy planet?
We need realism. Read our guide, "Steering the Agentic Century"
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#10Billion #AISafety #AIethics #FutureofWork
"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism." - Hannah Arendt
The Hinge of History: An open letter to young people worldwide. Facing climate, AI & inequality requires realism, not illusions. Your agency is crucial. Time to organize & build the future. The call to action:
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#Future #Climate #AI #Youth #CallToAction #10Billion
Explore the "conceptual earthquakes"—from Agriculture & Writing to Quantum Physics—that reshaped humanity, & the future leaps (AI, Consciousness, Energy) that could define life ahead.
Read: 10billion.substack.com/p/the-ideas-...
#HistoryOfIdeas #Futurism #ParadigmShift #10Billion
Confused about the new US global tariffs? 🤔 Our latest episode unpacks the reasons, reactions & impact on the world order.
"Trade Wars Explained: US Tariffs"
Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/10-...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hO8...
#10BillionTalks #TradeWars #Tariffs #GlobalTrade
Why is 2025-2035 humanity's 'Crucible Decade'? Converging Climate, AI & Geopolitical crises demand wisdom. History is our compass. Choices now are pivotal. A realistic guide to navigating the polycrisis: open.substack.com/pub/10billio... #CrucibleDecade #Polycrisis #Future #AI #History