In the article, we characterize the current and extremely serious problem of mass migration of people and indicate the necessary political actions that can alleviate it. The problem in question has increasingly dramatic consequences and has now reached proportions requiring decisive action. The basic suggestions are, on the one hand, the need to recognize the social situation in emigrants' homelands and offer these countries well-thought-out assistance, and, on the other hand, arrangements must be made on the part of the countries that are the destination of migration in order to develop a common and uniform policy, which is of special importance in countries of the European Union.

The article describes current initiatives regarding the still insufficient cooperation between EU universities. The reasons for the growing needs in this area and the key benefits of such cooperation are analyzed. The nature of the cooperation will in the near future make it possible to award joint degrees in cooperating groups of universities.

The article discusses the conclusions of the U. S. State Department report on the threats resulting from the unregulated development of artificial intelligence. The report warns very emphatically of various future threats facing the world as a result of the uncontrolled development of new information technologies, strongly emphasizing in particular the potential for the destruction of all humanity by globally uncontrolled applications of AI. The second part of the article deals with an issue that is potentially also of great importance for our future, namely a new device that connects the brain with the computer. This device, called Neuralink, wirelessly transmits brain signals to a special program that decodes them to recognize human thoughts. With many undeniable advantages, a huge threat is the ability of undesirable persons to exploit access to a person’s thoughts in order to violate his privacy. The conclusion of the article is that it is necessary to carry out extensive work on regulations aimed at the safe development of AI and its use beneficial for society.

The paper identifies key global challenges threatening the world and indicates the role of higher research and education institutions in effectively facing them. The analysis suggests that the key factor in securing our save future requires constantly increasing efforts in creating new and widely communicating available knowledge in favor of wisely understood common good.

The article underlines the importance of the substantive debate for a stable and sustainable social development and presents key Polish problems which require such a debate.