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12. On January 1, 2001, the XXI CENTURY began!

    Since the 18th century, they began to use the counting of years “BC” (a. D. - ante Deum - “before the Lord”). This counting of years, called historical or chronological, has one important feature. The first year BC (1 BC) is closely adjacent to the first year AD (1 AD). There was no gap between them in the form of a zero year. After all, probably no one has ever heard of any event that took place in the year 0. In distinguishing between two eras, Dionysius the Less simply could not use zero as a boundary point, because in the 6th century European mathematicians did not know the concept of “zero”. So, it turns out that January 1, 1 AD. e. occurred immediately after December 31, 1 BC. e. , only a “moment” separates them.

    
    

    But if there is no zero year, then the years should be counted as you usually count some objects, for example, children's counting sticks or matches: 1, 2, ... 9, 10; 1, 2, ..99, 100; 1, 2, ..999, 1000, etc. It is clear that 10, 100 and 1000 refer to the first ten, the first hundred, the first thousand, respectively. Similarly, the number 2000 closes the second thousand, and the third thousand begins with the number 2001. And naturally, January 1, 2001 will be the first day of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium. It just so happens that a person begins his life from zero, and the calendar CENTURY begins from one.

13. in 2001. The year 2000 refers to the 20th century, and only on January 1, 2001 the 21st century began
14. It’s simple: which bottle does the second box of vodka start with - the 20th or the 21st?
    Whoever answers this question will understand that the 21st century begins on January 1, 2001
15. The year number is in a sense the age of Christ.

    When a child is 5 years old, we say: “Vasenka is in his sixth year.”
    When we enter the year 2000 (that is, Christ enters the year 2000), this means that a full 1999 years have passed. When the last year of 2000 ends, the century will end.

16. The twenty-first century began on January 1, 2001.
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17. In 2000, new centuries come with zeros....
18. The year 2000 is the 20th century... the new century came with the New Year, which means January 1, 2001))))
19. 2000 is the last year of the twentieth century.
20. of course 2001

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A little theory

The term “century” in history usually refers to a period of time lasting 100 years. To understand how to determine what year the 21st century, like any other, began, you need to know one small nuance of the generally accepted chronology. Everyone knows that the time of origin of all events is chronologically divided into two periods: before our era and after. But not everyone knows what date stands at the turn of these two eras.

Have you ever heard of 0 year? Unlikely, because 1 BC. e. ended on December 31, and the next day began a new one, 1 AD. e. That is, 0 year simply did not exist in the generally accepted chronology. Thus, a period of time one century long begins on January 1, 1 year, and ends, accordingly, on December 31, 100. And only the next day, January 1 in the year 101, a new century begins.

Due to the fact that many are unaware of this seemingly insignificant historical feature, there has been confusion for quite some time about when and in what year the 21st century will arrive. Even some TV and radio presenters called for celebrating the New Year 2000 in a special way. After all, this is the beginning of both a new century and a new millennium!

When did the 21st century begin?

Calculating in what year the 21st century began, taking into account all of the above, is not at all difficult.

So, the first day of the 2nd century was January 1, 101, the 3rd was January 1, 201, the 4th was January 1, 301, and so on. It's simple. Accordingly, when answering what year the 21st century began, it should be said - in 2001.

When will the 21st century end?

Understanding how the chronology of time is maintained, one can easily say not only what year the 21st century began, but also when it will end.

The end of the century is determined similarly to the beginning: the last day of the 1st century was December 31, 100, the 2nd was December 31, 200, the 3rd was December 31, 300, and so on. Finding the answer to the question posed is not so difficult. The last day of the 21st century will be December 31, 2100.

If you want to calculate what year the new millennium starts from, you should follow the same rule. This will avoid mistakes. Thus, the third millennium according to the Gregorian calendar, adopted by the vast majority of world states, began on January 1, 2001, simultaneously with the beginning of the 21st century.

Where did the general misconception come from?

In Russia, the chronology adopted today was introduced by the decree of Peter I. And before that, the count was carried out from the creation of the world. And after the adoption of the Christian chronology, instead of 7209, the year 1700 came. People of the past were also afraid of round dates. Along with the new calendar, a decree was issued on the cheerful and solemn celebration of the new year and the new century.

In addition, we should not forget that with the adoption of Christian timekeeping in Russia, the calendar remained Julian. Because of this, for all historical events before the transition to the Gregorian calendar (1918), two dates are determined: according to the old style and according to the new style. And due to the different lengths of the year adopted in each of the two types of calendars, a difference of several days appeared. And therefore, in 1918, with the introduction of the Gregorian calendar, after January 31, February 14 came.

If we rely on the decree of Peter I, the new century should begin in 2000.

How long is it actually until the beginning of the new century and the new millennium?

Will 2000 be a leap year?

How many calendar days in the 21st century will have to be subtracted to convert the date to the old style?

The end of the twentieth century is getting closer and closer. In the press, on the radio, on television, forecasts are heard loudly and forcefully: what the 21st century will be like - the beginning of the third millennium AD.

And preparations for the solemn meeting of this significant date are already in full swing. Some American company bought an island in the Pacific Ocean and is going to photograph the beginning of the century there: the first rays, the first sunrise of the emerging year 2000. There is a clock on the Great Wall of China that counts down the seconds until the year 2000. Every day, the radio station “Echo of Moscow” solemnly announces the number of days remaining until the beginning of the year 2000. The date is round, even very round!

All this is probably good and interesting, but it is not clear why the beginning of a round date is associated with the beginning of a new century?

And many people think that the 21st century begins on January 1, 2000. However, this deeply rooted belief is absolutely wrong.

The beginning of the new millennium AD (according to the Gregorian calendar, now adopted in most countries of the world, including our country) falls on 24.00 hours on December 31, 2000 or 00.00 hours on January 1, 2001.

Let's try to convince the reader of this. A century is a hundred years. The counting, of course, starts from year 1 (there is never a zero year). Any century ends when a full hundred years have passed. Therefore, the hundredth year is the last year of the outgoing century. The 101st year is the beginning of the next century. January 1, 1901 marked the beginning of our twentieth century, and its last day will be December 31, 2000. And finally, from January 1, 2001, the 21st century and the new - third millennium AD - come into their own.

To all these arguments one can sometimes hear the following objection. When a person turns, for example, 30 or 40 years old - a “round” date - then he moves from “twenty-year-olds” to “thirty-year-olds” or from “thirty-year-olds” to the group of “forty-year-olds,” etc. Thus, this is an anniversary this is a milestone. So why is the meeting of the year 2000 not a milestone, not a transition to a new century?

The objection may seem quite logical. But at the same time, this particular example clearly shows the reason for the widespread confusion.

And it is that a person’s age begins to grow from zero. When we turn 30, 40, 70 years old, this means that another ten years have already been lived, and the next one has arrived. And calendars, as we have already said, start not from zero, but from one (like counting all objects in general). Therefore, if 99 calendar years have passed, then the century is not yet over, because a century is 100 full years.

This is the only way to calculate chronology, which is necessary for any state, any society. The work of industry, transport, trade, financial affairs and many other sectors of life require time measures, accuracy, and order. Chaos and confusion, uncertainty in these matters are unacceptable.

The history of calendars began a long time ago. Many peoples contributed to their development. When measuring time, humanity has identified three most important concepts: era, year, century. Of these, the year and era are the main ones, and the century is a derivative. The modern calendar is based on a year (more precisely, a tropical year), that is, the period of time between two successive passages of the center of the Sun through the vernal equinox. Determining the exact length of the tropical year was very important, and this task turned out to be difficult. It was solved by many outstanding scientists of the world. It was determined that the length of the tropical year is not constant. Very slowly, but it is changing. In our era, for example, it decreases by 0.54 seconds per century. And now it is 365 days, 5 hours 48 minutes 45.9747 seconds.

It was not easy to determine how long the year lasted. But when everything was accurately calculated, we were faced with even greater, one might say, insoluble difficulties.

If there were an integer number of days in a year, no matter how many, then it would be easy to create a simple and convenient calendar. Even if there were halves, quarters, eighths of a day. They can also be folded into a whole day. And here it is 5 hours 48 minutes 46.9747 seconds. There’s no way you can make up a whole day with these “additives.”

It turns out that a year and a day are incommensurable. The remainder of division is an infinite fraction. Therefore, developing simple and convenient systems for counting days in a month and in a year turned out to be not at all an easy task. And although many different calendars have been compiled from ancient times to the present day (ancient Egyptian, Chinese, Babylonian, Vietnamese, Muslim, Jewish, Roman, Greek), none of them can be called sufficiently accurate, convenient, or reliable.

A leap year, that is, consisting of 366 days, does not exist in nature. It was invented based on the fact that the “remainder” of the 365 days of the tropical year - 5 hours 48 minutes and seconds - is very close to 1/4 of a day. In four years, a whole day is accumulated - an extra day in a leap year.

Judging by many sources, the Egyptian Greek Sozigenes was the first to think of this. The leap year was first introduced into the calendar by the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar from January 1, 45 BC.

This calendar became known as the Julian calendar. It firmly entered into life at the beginning of our era and operated for many centuries. Not only the Roman Empire and Byzantium lived according to this calendar (from where it came to Rus' in the 10th century with the adoption of Christianity), but also all the countries of Europe, America, and many states of Africa and Asia.

In the 4th century, it was necessary to make a number of changes to the Julian calendar. Christianity was strengthening, and the church considered it necessary to regulate the dates of religious holidays. A firm correspondence (for the 4th century) of the solar Julian calendar with the lunar Jewish calendar was established. So that the Christian Easter in the 4th century could never coincide with the Jewish one.

In the 6th century, the Roman monk Dionysius the Small conceived the idea of ​​introducing a new Christian era, the beginning of which comes from the Nativity of Christ, and not from the creation of the world, as in the Jewish era, or from any other events, as in various pagan eras.

Dionysius justified the date from the Nativity of Christ. According to his calculations, it fell in the 754th year from the founding of Rome or in the 30th year of the reign of Emperor Augustus.

The era from the Nativity of Christ was firmly established in Western Europe only in the 8th century. In Rus', as in Byzantium, for a long time, several centuries, they continued to count the years from the creation of the world.

Meanwhile, as a result of an inaccurate determination of the duration of the Julian year - 365 days and 6 hours, while in reality the year is 11 minutes and 14 seconds shorter - by the end of the 16th century (after amendments made to the calendar in the 4th century), a difference of 10 days had accumulated . Therefore, the spring equinox, which fell on March 21 in 325, already occurred on March 11. In addition, the holiday of Christian Easter began to approach Jewish Easter. They could get together, which according to church canons is completely unacceptable.

The Catholic Church invited astronomers, who more accurately measured the length of the tropical year and developed changes that needed to be made to the calendar. By decree of Pope Gregory XIII, in 1582, a calendar began to be introduced in Catholic countries, which was called the Gregorian calendar.

The count of days was moved forward 10 days. The day after Thursday, October 4, 1582, was prescribed to be considered Friday, but not October 5, but October 15. The spring equinox returned to March 21st.

In order to avoid such mistakes in the future, it was decided to exclude 3 leap days from the number of leap days every 400 years. So that in 400 years there are not 100 leap years, but 97. To do this, we must not consider as leap years those hundred-year years (years with two zeros at the end), in which the number of hundreds (the first two digits) is not divisible by 4 without a remainder. Thus, years 1700, 1800, 1900 were not leap years. The year 2000 will be a leap year, but 2100 will not.

The length of the year according to the Gregorian calendar is at least a little longer, by 26 seconds, but still longer than the true one. This will lead to an error of one day in only 3280 years.

Already in the 80s of the 16th century, the new chronology was introduced in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland, France, Luxembourg, and the Catholic cantons of Switzerland. It was much more difficult for Protestants and Orthodox Christians to accept it.

The use of different calendars, especially in countries that communicate closely, caused a lot of inconvenience, and sometimes just funny cases. For example, England adopted the Gregorian calendar only in 1752. When we read that in Spain in 1616 Cervantes died on April 23, 1616, and in England on April 23, 1616, Shakespeare died, you might think that two of the world's greatest writers died on the same day. In fact, the difference was 10 days. Shakespeare died in Protestant England, which during these years still lived according to the Julian calendar (old style), and Cervantes died in Catholic Spain, where the Gregorian calendar (new style) had already been introduced.

Calendar reforms in Russia proceeded as usual, and often with a great delay compared to Western European countries.

In the 10th century, with the adoption of Christianity, the chronology used by the Romans and Byzantines came to Ancient Rus': the Julian calendar, Roman names of months, a seven-day week. The years were counted from the creation of the world, which, according to church concepts, occurred 5508 years before the birth of Christ. The year began on March 1. At the end of the 15th century, the beginning of the year was moved to September 1.

By decree of December 15, 7208, Peter I introduced Christian chronology in Russia. The day following December 31, 7208 from the creation of the world, was prescribed to be considered the beginning of the new year - January 1, 1700 from the Nativity of Christ.

In issuing this decree, Peter was not afraid of the round date - 1700, which at that time many in Europe were awaiting with fear. With her, once again, after 1000 and 1100 A.D., after 7000 from the creation of the world and other “round” dates, they waited with trepidation for the end of the world and the Judgment of God over all the living and the dead. But these mortally frightening years came and went, and the human world remained the same as it was.

Peter ordered the Russians to solemnly and cheerfully celebrate January 1, 1700, “to congratulate them on the new year and the new century.” This is where he made a mistake and misled the people that the new century supposedly begins with two new numbers and two zeros. This mistake, apparently, has become firmly entrenched in the consciousness of many Russians.

So, Russia switched to the Christian calendar, but the Julian calendar, the old style, remained. Meanwhile, most European countries have lived according to the Gregorian calendar for more than a hundred years. The difference between the old and new styles is: for the 18th century - 11 days, for the 19th century - 12, for the 20th and 21st centuries (in the 21st century - due to the fact that 2000 is considered a leap year) - 13, in the 22nd century it will increase to 14 days.

In Russia, the Gregorian calendar was adopted in 1918 by the first Soviet government not affiliated with the church. An amendment of 13 days was introduced: after January 31, 1918, February 14 immediately came.

Since the mid-twentieth century, the Gregorian calendar has been used by almost all countries of the world.

There has never been and never will be a shortage of predictions for the future, although if you look closely, from century to century they are all similar to each other, differing only in details. This is not surprising, since everything is based on human experience, and it is approximately the same everywhere at all times. This is why the boldest and darkest predictions of the great science fiction writers come true. Another portion of forecasts, of course, not too funny, was prepared by the Naked Science website, and there is no doubt that they will all come true sooner or later.

Some are tops, others are roots

Professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Yuval Noah Harari, author of the book “Sapiens. A Brief History of Humanity” believes that by the end of our century humanity will split into biological castes. In his opinion, throughout human history, inequality between people has only increased. But all this time, the achievements of human thought - humanism, liberalism, socialism - corrected the unfair distribution of goods in society as best they could. Since the people have at all times been the main productive force, the elite was forced to at least somehow take care of their education, health and well-being.

However, machines and robots are slowly but surely pushing people out of the productive sphere, depriving them of a permanent income, while the rich are only getting richer. If things continue like this, then in the next century inequality in society will reach a historical maximum, Harari believes.

Economic inequality will give rise to biological inequality. Some people will be able to improve physically and mentally with the help of new biotechnologies, while this will not be available to others.

Without business and without ideal

Fears of mass unemployment due to the development of technology have never been justified, since some professions have always been replaced by others - new ones. But this is unlikely to always be the case.

At some point, the majority will not be able to retrain, understand the updated requirements, and new vacancies will no longer be available to them. As an example, Harari cites the profession of a virtual world designer. Will, say, a 40-year-old taxi driver or an insurance agent be able to apply for it, since young people usually master new professions. The process when older people work until retirement in their previous jobs, and young people take new ones, will only accelerate over time and many workers will find themselves unclaimed almost instantly.

Harari believes that by the middle of the 21st century, a so-called “useless class” will form: not just the unemployed, but people who are in principle unable to fill the few available vacancies that will appear in new industries.

True, this will not make them poor, as they will be able to live off an unconditional basic income. But the problem, according to the historian, will be that without action and specific goals, people will begin to go crazy. A person needs to experience emotions, a sense of satisfaction, and achieve some goals.

Harari suggests that people who have not found a use for themselves in the economy - in the real world - will find their life goals in virtual worlds. It’s not for nothing that he talks about the profession of a virtual world designer as one of the popular professions of the future. This compensates the useless class for emotions that its representatives will not receive in the real world. Video games will become the meaning of life for the “useless class.”

Computer justice

So, the introduction of robots and automatic machines leads to technological unemployment. However, whether people will keep their jobs or not will be decided not by engineers or the robot itself, but by economists, guided by the principles of economic efficiency. If using human labor is more profitable than the labor of robots, then humans will be preferred. Union Square Ventures managing partner Albert Wegner believes that humans will retain a competitive advantage over robots, but only due to the fact that they will cost employers less than machines.

Wegner cites the London taxi as an example. To drive the famous black cab on the streets of the British capital, you need to study for four years and remember the location of all 25,000 streets in London. The exam required me to plot a route from memory and name all the streets on it. This is why seven out of ten taxi driver students quit their studies. Now there is no such need: the final destination of the route is entered by the user himself, and everything else is up to the program. The driver's qualifications fall, more applicants appear for this position, and therefore the level of wages falls.

If a machine takes over part of a person's work, Wenger believes, the worker will be paid less, and this can be much more effective than completely abandoning human labor.

Robots are already trading on the stock exchange. IBM Watson suggests diagnoses and the most optimal courses of treatment; the doctor can only agree with the computer or not. The world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, is coming under the control of artificial intelligence, and in five years, three out of four management decisions in the company will be made by a supercomputer.

As a result, control of the world may be given to super-powerful artificial intelligence, and people will only serve the machines and carry out the commands of the artificial intelligence. We can only hope that the supercomputer will be fair to humans...

Nothing of your own!

Research suggests that more and more US citizens under the age of 35 are refusing to purchase real estate and their own car, instead they are renting apartments and using taxis. They have already been nicknamed the “tenant generation.” An entire IT industry has already been created, the most famous companies in which are Uber and Airbnb services. This is called the “sharing economy.”

The Guardian journalist Ben Tarnoff is confident that in the near future people will do without their own things at all. We are not talking about houses and cars, but about, for example, a winter coat that is returned to the landlord in the summer, about a bed that you exchange for a larger one if you do not sleep alone, and about other things that you only own when you need them. needed.

This situation was described back in 1969 by the great science fiction writer Philip K. Dick in his novel Ubik. In his book, a person pays for literally everything: to make coffee or open the refrigerator door... Dick's ideas are being implemented today

For example, the Toyota company has developed the following service: those who buy its car on credit and do not make the next payment on time will not be able to use it - it will not start. Penalties are imposed instantly, remotely and without the mediation of government services...

This means that soon it will become expensive to own property and you will be forced to share it. It’s better to have nothing at all and rent everything if you have the money. Seems convenient? Yes, but on the other hand, this means that almost 100% of the world's wealth will end up in the hands of a few mega-billionaires...

I'll sell my soul. Inexpensive

Already today, technology makes it possible to track our every step, collect any information about us and analyze it so that on the Internet we are already offered to buy something that only interested us a minute ago. On the one hand, it's convenient, but on the other...

Author of the book “Everything is under control. Who is watching you and how” Simson Garfinkel believes that in the future we should fear not Orwell’s “Big Brother”, but hundreds of “little” companies spying on us from everywhere, collecting information about our every step, every event in our lives: purchases , illnesses and injuries, social circle, problems with the law and so on.

Personal information has become a commodity, and a hot commodity at that. Garfinkel gives an interesting example. One American family's financial information was sold to 187 credit bureaus. But due to an error by the tax authorities, this information was unreliable and for seven whole years the banks refused loans to the spouses!

Microsoft's The Consumer Data Value Exchange found that 99.6% of Internet users are willing to sell personal information about themselves for a fee, and San Diego-based Luth Research is willing to buy that data to resell to its customers. This means that in the future, selling personal information could become a source of income...

Under the auspices of UNESCO, February 21 is celebrated as International Mother Language Day. This date was established to promote the idea of ​​linguistic diversity. Every 14 days, one language dies on Earth.

BRIDGE TO THE ANCESTORS

There are now about 6,700 spoken languages ​​recorded in the world. Practice shows that every 14 days one language dies, because its last few speakers pass away. There is a danger that by the end of this century, half of them could disappear forever. What, in principle, does humanity lose with the death of language and what are the reasons for the extinction of languages ​​today?

A similar fate could befall, for example, the Ket language, which is spoken by fewer than two hundred people. This language can be heard in several settlements on the upper Yenisei in Siberia.

Too few people speak this language to consider its death something socially significant. But, like all other languages, the Ket language is a storehouse of uniqueness. His grammar is surprisingly complex and filled with a variety of verb forms. In addition, the speakers of this language themselves, through speech, communicate with their ancestors, with the past and traditions.

The loss of language gives rise to the deepest silence. The director of the Institute for Endangered Languages, Dr. Gregory Anderson, describes the silence this way:

“You communicate in your thoughts with your ancestors, but they did not speak English.
This creates a gap in your story. This is exactly what happens to those whose native language is no longer spoken and they switch to one of the dominant languages. People who speak one of the dominant languages ​​- English, Spanish or Russian - cannot imagine this.”

Gregory Anderson's view very closely reflects the situation with the Ket language, which serves not only as a bridge to their ancestors, but also as a connection with other peoples.

Research has demonstrated that the Ket language is related to American aboriginal languages ​​such as Navajo.

According to scientists, this connection is already of anthropological value, helping to restore the real picture of the prehistoric migration of people across the ice from Asia to America. In this regard, linguists are horrified by the prospect of the disappearance of languages ​​such as Ket.

LINGUISTIC POLICY

According to the US National Geographic Society, every two weeks a language disappears on the planet. At this rate, at the end of the 21st century, humanity will be missing almost three and a half thousand languages. The greatest linguistic impact will occur in places where the multilingual environment is traditionally concentrated, for example, New Guinea, the Caucasus or Siberia.

Leading language experts note that the problem is exacerbated by one prevailing circumstance: only 5 percent of existing languages ​​are well documented, and 95 percent are not.

And the overall picture with languages ​​is very, very gloomy. Almost a third of the world's languages ​​have no more than a thousand speakers. Only one hundred people speak Tirah in Afghanistan. There are no more than fifty people who know the Lomavren language in Armenia.

Scientists very often encounter the fact that local knowledge of medicinal plants and ecology was described in little-known languages. With their passing, these languages ​​take with them many scientific secrets and discoveries.

The reasons why languages ​​are being forced out of everyday life have many components. According to Dr. Gregory Anderson, the very phenomenon of language death is rooted in one specific problem.

“Economic activity,” says the scientist, “is carried out in conditions of dominance of the language of the majority or one ethnic group. This group is associated with socio-economic development and wealth accumulation. This is where the conscious accession of the minority to the majority occurs. If the conscious factor does not work, then joining arises as a result of social pressure on the minority.”

In Siberia, linguistic policy led, according to Gregory Anderson, to catastrophic consequences.

In Central Asia, when former Soviet republics such as Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan gained independence, they strengthened the status of their official languages.

But small languages ​​in this region, including the group of Pamir languages, have very weak support even at the secondary school level compared to at least the program that existed in the USSR.

Q What will happen to Russia in the 21st century? Futurists' forecasts

It's always interesting what will happen in the future. In 20, 50, 100 years. There is a special science called futurology, which deals with predicting the future. The forecasts of futurologists do not always come true, but, nevertheless, their opinion always arouses interest. This post contains several popular futurological cases from Western and domestic futurologists. To be honest, many of the predictions at the moment look too fantastic. But who knows, who knows...

2035 Russia will lose Siberia

Unfortunately, this forecast occurs quite often. And it is by no means connected with Chinese aggression. No, the scenario is quite peaceful, it's all about simple mathematics. The vast territories of Siberia and the Far East are occupied by only about 25 million Russians. Demographic problems are obvious and continue to grow. At the same time, the migration of Chinese (legal and illegal) occurs at a consistently high level. It is likely that the time will come when the number of ethnic Chinese in Siberia and the Far East will exceed a critical figure. Of course, they will defend their political rights, be elected to local governments, and so on. As a result, this territory will be more dependent on China than on Russia. I would really like to avoid this scenario, but this requires drastic measures for the socio-economic development of Siberia and the Far East.

2040. Russia will become an agricultural superpower

There is also an interesting forecast. Due to the fact that the world's population is growing at an extremely fast pace and there is not enough food, agriculture will become especially valuable. In Russia, Canada, and the Scandinavian countries, agriculture is not in such decline as in most other countries. This means that in the future the role of Russia, with its vast territory and agricultural capabilities, will only grow. In addition, water is likely to become humanity's most valuable resource by 2040. And Russia is the second country in the world in terms of water reserves.

2050 Russia vs Türkiye

The huge number of wars between Russia and Turkey, as futurologists predict, will find a new response in the 21st century. By 2050, the populations of these countries should be equal, and Turkey's revanchist sentiments may come to the surface. In principle, there has already been a conflict between our countries in the 21st century. But futurologists predict more serious clashes. And not only futurologists, but also, for example, elders. Here is one of the prophecies of the Athonite elder Venerable Paisius the Holy Mountain: “It will disintegrate, and the states playing a decisive role in world politics will give Constantinople to us. They will do this not because they love us, but because God will arrange everything so that they It will be beneficial for Constantinople to be Greek. The spiritual laws will take effect. The Turks will have to pay for what they have done, they will perish, because they occupied this land without God’s blessing. Their end is near.”

2055 Russia in space travel

In one of my previous posts, I wrote about Russia’s very dismal prospects in space. However, professional futurologists believe that our country will be able to become one of the leaders in space tourism by the middle of the century. Russia today, although it does not claim leadership in space, is actively involved in the development of tourism space programs in partnership with Japan, France and Germany.

2060 Tornadoes

Quite an important and unusual forecast. According to scientists, seasonal tornadoes in Russia will become commonplace in about 50 years, and their number can be counted in the hundreds. Global warming is to blame.

2070 Robot conscripts

By this year, Russia must completely renew its army. Almost all types of troops will be robotized. The biggest change can be expected in the Air Force: military aircraft will become fully autonomous from the moment they take off until the moment they land. Aircraft (as well as ground equipment) will be controlled by artificial intelligence.

2090 Total atheism

According to futurologists, by the end of the century the number of atheists in Russia will be 80%. Moreover, this will affect not only the Orthodox population, but people representing the Islamic tradition. The reason for such a sharp loss of faith, according to scientists, will be progress in the field of biotechnology and medicine, which will help defeat many diseases and prolong life.

What do you think about these forecasts?

Our society is changing very quickly, and in most cases many people cannot keep up with the changes. Sometimes people get a little discouraged by intense and rapid transformations that change the way we think about ordinary things. Most of these new methods and technologies are supposed to make our lives easier and more efficient, but the results sometimes don't live up to expectations. We offer an overview of 25 changes that will make the 21st century more interesting in human history.

According to data obtained from the Silicon Valley of India, the number of cell phones in use has already exceeded the number of people on the planet.

This statement is not entirely correct. The fact is that DARDA and Google are competing to create ideal translator programs for mobile phones that will allow you to “understand” and “speak” Chinese and Greek without knowing the languages ​​themselves.

23. No privacy

Many women are already hiring private detectives to keep an eye on their men. Obtaining personal information about income, expenses, medical problems, and place of work is becoming increasingly easier thanks to electronic databases. With the development of social media, keeping your secrets is becoming increasingly difficult.

Engineers in China have created a special coating for titanium dioxide fabric with self-cleaning properties against stains and the ability to kill bacteria. Ten years from now, in order to wash a dress with traces of yesterday's party, it will be enough to hang it in the sun. No more washing!

21. I forgive everyone to whom I owe

It is quite possible that some countries will refuse to pay debts incurred as a result of the activities of previous governments. It seems that the banks will not wait for their compensation. Today's and previous governments have saddled future generations with huge debts that they most likely have no intention of repaying.

A British aerospace company recently unveiled to the public a model of a future aircraft that will have large displays instead of windows that transmit images, show films and provide video communications during conferences. This innovation will delight those who love to fly and will aggravate the fear of flying for others.

Already today, the United States is not a world leader in the political, technological and military spheres, and this is no secret. If we compare the geopolitical picture of the world in the 80s, 90s and 2000s, when the United States was a superstate, especially after the collapse of the USSR, we will see that other states are entering the world stage today. Although in the sphere of economy and culture, the United States is still ahead of the countries of Europe and Asia thanks to the film industry and other media.

18. The role of China

According to American economists and analysts, by the 2050s, China's population will be 3.5 times larger than that of the United States, economic indicators will be 2.5 times higher, and per capita GDP will be 70% higher. China will become the engine of economics and culture throughout the world.

17. Increased energy consumption

According to some experts, energy in the future will be 30% more expensive than today. But the worst thing is that energy consumption will have to increase to provide the latest technological advances in society. In the 2040s, tons of oil will be consumed per person per year.

Our sexual freedom will be nothing compared to the ways our descendants will enjoy in 30-40 years. Cybersex, for example, will become the most profitable business, and young people will compete not in the field of the best smartphone, but in who has the coolest “cybersex” option.

World experts say that in 2030 the world will experience a food crisis, as the world's population will reach 9 billion, and humanity will need 50% more food.

Today there are more than 7 billion people living on the planet, over the next ten years the planet's population will increase by another 1 billion, and by 2050 - to 9.6 billion. The population will grow mainly in developing countries, for example in Africa. Nigeria will become the 3rd most populated country after India and China.

13. Unemployment will become a global problem

Today, many developed countries have noticed that the number of unemployed people has been increasing in recent years, and they do not know what to do about it. Technological revolution and transformation are causing people to lose their jobs and make way for smart machines. The problem will get worse every year.

12. Instead of body armor, exoskeletons

By 2040, armed units will be created whose soldiers will look like superheroes. Modern technologies do not stop there.

Within 30 years, NASA and the European Space Agency promise to make space travel a reality for millions of people around the world, as it would cost the same as a round-the-world plane ticket today.

According to the magazine “Popular Mechanics”, when miniaturization reaches its highest development, getting “Superman” vision will be simple - insert special lenses into the eyes, with built-in sensors, sensors, antennas made of polymer materials.

According to sociologists, there is a danger that anti-racism will transform into racist fascism. Representatives of these movements will begin to impose their views, religion and culture on others through violence.

Medical and scientific communities guarantee that in 20-30 years people will remember the 80-90s and be surprised that so many once died from cancer and AIDS. Today it sounds incredible, but humanity has coped with the plague, syphilis, cholera and rabies.

7. No cash

Cash is the king of financial transactions today, but that will all change over the next 10 years. First of all, this will ensure the security of financial transactions in stores, in the activities of governments and banks. Now no one would think of organizing armed bank robberies. Today there are many electronic systems for paying for services and purchasing goods.

For many years, people have harmed the environment, and there will come a day of reckoning for all the evil that humanity has brought to the environment as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Everything will change in the near future, when the increase in global temperature on the planet will reach +2.00C in 2052 and +2.80C in 2080.

5. Donor organs will become a thing of the past.

Thanks to cloning, broad horizons are opening up for scientists who in the future will be able to grow human organs, for example, heart, liver, lungs. Now donor organs will be a thing of the past.

4. Health problems

As a result of our lifestyle, we will be less healthy than we are today. Most jobs in the future will require more mental work than physical movement. We will suffer from obesity and depression.

This sounds fantastic, but by 2080, in technologically developed countries, electronic chips will be implanted into people’s bodies, which will play the role of credit cards, passports, driver’s licenses, personal diaries, etc. This way, people will stop worrying about forgetting to take some important document or losing their credit card while traveling.

2. People will live long

Biologists claim that people born after 2014 will live up to 150 years. This is not a myth. Scientists claim that this will be possible thanks to inventions in the field of biology, namely at the cellular level.

1. The eternal struggle between good and evil

Despite the medical, scientific, technological and biological achievements of the future, no one can guarantee that the world will become less cruel, racist, debauched, or that it will become a paradise. Neither moral principles, nor ethics or charity can do anything about social development. And who knows what awaits humanity in the future. Scientists suggest