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Elon Musk Names Humanity's Biggest Threat

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Elon Musk Names Humanity's Biggest Threat

Elon Musk navigates between running his businesses and trying to save the planet. For some time, the richest man in the world, with a net worth on paper estimated at $210 billion on May 18 by Bloomberg Billionaires Index, has been sounding the alarm about the decline of the population. Then, instead of marveling at the beauty and history of Venice, Musk preferred to shine the spotlight on the fact that the Eternal City's population has continued to decline for years.

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