mankind

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In short, it is unlikely that the global powers will suspend their rivalries in order to concentrate on the existential risks to mankind.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

The yes-or-no questions posed by Polymarket don’t always have clear answers, despite the company’s CEO Shayne Coplan once saying External link that prediction markets are “the most accurate thing we have as mankind right now.”

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

He cut himself off from mankind at the family lake, carefully observing the animals, fish and waterfowl.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

It asserted that widespread famines and mass starvation would doom huge swaths of mankind because the world’s population was growing too rapidly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Not just mankind, but us, the boys on that roof.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam