Some of the world's most powerful tech executives invest heavily in artificial intelligence while preparing for the possibility that it could threaten humanity, with underground bunkers and remote islands reported. Sociologists describe this using 'risk positions': the people who profit from risky technologies are often not the ones who bear the harm when things go wrong. Just as people sit at different levels of wealth, they sit at different levels of exposure to risk. At one end are those who gain a lot from producing risk while able to buy protection from it, and at the other are those who face consequences with few options.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.