Cybercrime and the digital layer
Modern adaptation runs on software — grids, water utilities, hospitals and payments are increasingly digital, and increasingly targeted. Cybercrime is the friction tax on that layer, growing faster than almost any legitimate sector as AI lowers the cost of attacks.
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Cybercrime is the friction tax on the digital layer that adaptation depends on. Grids, water utilities, hospitals and payment systems are increasingly software — and increasingly targeted. As AI lowers the cost of attacks, the same digital public infrastructure meant to help low- and middle-income countries leapfrog becomes a new attack surface. Resilience, not just connectivity, is the missing variable.
In the index, cybercrime sits with the amplifiers: it does not break the physical world on its own, but it raises the cost and lowers the reliability of every digital adaptation. Resilience — not just connectivity — is the missing variable.