The 17 Biggest Risks To Our Hyperconnected World

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Climate and governance dominate the World Economic Forum's eighth-annual Global Risks report published this week.

"Dynamism in our hyperconnected world requires increasing our resilience to the many global risks that loom before us," writes the WEF's Klaus Schwab.

A total of 1,234 top experts from around the world submitted responses.

One of the questions asked the experts to rate the likelihood of 50 major events on a scale of 1 (least likely) to 5 (most likely).  

We've ranked the 17 they said were most likely to occur.

Critical Systems Failure

Threat Category:  Technological

Likelihood Score:  3.62/5

Description: Single-point system vulnerabilities trigger cascading failure of critical information infrastructure and networks.

Source: World Economic Forum

Terrorism

Threat Category:  Geopolitical

Likelihood Score:  3.64/5

Description: Individuals or a non-state group successfully inflict large-scale human or material damage.

Source: World Economic Forum

Rising Religious Fanaticism

Threat Category:  Geopolitical

Likelihood Score:  3.66/5 

Description: Uncompromising sectarian views that polarize societies and exacerbate regional tensions..

Source: World Economic Forum

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