IF WE CAN PREVENT WWIII OUR GLOBAL ECONOMY WILL BE AT LEAST 10x THE CURRENT SIZE IN A DECADE AND WE WILL HAVE A BASE ON THE MOON FOR SURE In a world teetering between unprecedented technological promise and existential risk, preventing World War III stands as humanity’s single most important mission for the coming century. Avoiding global conflict isn’t merely about survival—it is the prerequisite that unlocks every other ambition. Without it, the breakthroughs in energy, AI, and space travel that could lift billions out of poverty and expand our presence beyond Earth remain perpetually out of reach, held hostage by the ever-present shadow of catastrophic war. Elon Musk captures this stark reality with characteristic clarity: barring World War III, he expects the global economy to grow more than tenfold within a decade, a transformation he calls a “fairly comfortable prediction.” In that same peaceful trajectory, he envisions a permanent human base on the Moon becoming reality. The message is both sobering and exhilarating—our greatest constraint is not technology or resources, but whether we can summon the wisdom to keep the peace long enough for progress to compound.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ A thread on wars 👇