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The world is in the grip of a polycrisis, and there are 17 ways that human civilization can end within the next 75 years. Not surprisingly, they are all related catastrophes. The famous medical journal The Lancet published a report a few days ago that laid out what these 17 crisis points are and how addressing some of them could positively affect all of them.

The report, titled The Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Health, seeks to provide early warning of emerging catastrophes by viewing them through the prism of public health. Of the...