
Hawking's Multi-Planet Survival Plan Gains Urgency as Risks Accelerate
Eight years after Stephen Hawking's death, the threats he warned about—climate change, AI, pandemics, nuclear threats, and asteroid impacts—have accelerated, validating his argument that humanity should spread beyond Earth as a form of insurance; while planetary defense has modestly improved, the overall trajectory is toward greater vulnerability, making the call to become a multi-planet species more urgent than ever.



