mankind

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“Elon started SpaceX with the goal to change mankind and make us a multiplanetary species,” SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen said in a 17-minute video hosted on the website, referring to CEO Elon Musk.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Bannon has called AI "the most dangerous technology in the history of mankind."

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

The concept, as described by the organization: “to create the definitive scientific, cultural and sporting movement that safely evolves mankind into a new superhumanity.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Slavery was the "most horrendous crime that took place in the history of mankind", Ghana's foreign minister has told the BBC ahead of a landmark vote at the UN General Assembly.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The small tribe of Iks, formerly nomadic hunters and gatherers in the mountain valleys of northern Uganda, have become celebrities, literary symbols for the ultimate fate of disheartened, heartless mankind at large.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas