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English word

collective

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UK /kəˈlektɪv/US /kəˈlektɪv/
adjective

done or shared by all members of a group of people; involving a whole group or society

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Ban Ki-moon's Harvard Kennedy School Graduation Address (2023)
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We only have one planet, and our ability to share and sustain it together will dictate the viability of our collective sustainable future.

Ban Ki-moon's Harvard Kennedy School Graduation Address (2023)

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The dangers would be that artificial general intelligence or digital superintelligence decouples from the collective human will and goes in a direction that, for some reason, we don't like.

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