So you think that global warming is one serious threat to our survival. Well, think again. According to Discover Magazine:

The Global Extinction Awareness System, a supercomputer that accurately predicted the extinction of red squirrels several years ago, has run the numbers for our own species through the computer, and our odds of survival aren’t good. According to GEAS, Homo sapiens may go extinct by the year 2042.

The latest GEAS simulation harnessed over 70 petabytes of environmental, economic, and demographic data, and was cross-validated by ten different probabilistic models. The GEAS models revealed a potentially terminal combination of five so-called “super-threats”, which represent a collision of environmental, economic, and social risks (Source: Institute for the Future or IFTF).

To help solve this crisis, IFTF invites you to play Superstruct, the world’s first massively multiplayer forecasting game. By playing the game, you’ll help IFTF chronicle the world of 2019–and imagine how we might solve the problems we’ll face. The game starts September 22, 2008, and it will last for six weeks.