The new study shows how humanity could get stuck in “evolutionary traps” — dead ends that occur from initially successful innovations. Alarmingly, these evolutionary traps tend to reinforce each other. The two dead ends that currently are less advanced are the autonomy of technology – AI and robotics – and a loss of social capital through digitalization. We can break out of dead ends and business-as-usual, but for that, we must nurture the capacity for collective human agency and design settings where it can flourish,” explains Peter Søgaard Jørgensen. There’s nothing better than exposing yourself to what needs protecting.”Read "Evolution of the polycrisis: Anthropocene traps that challenge global sustainability" »