What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of Futurology in literature and film?
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What kind of science fiction movies or novels do you know that contain futurological visions of the 21st century?
Do you like science fiction movies or novels?
Which of the science fiction movies or novels depicts future technologies and / or futurological visions of the 21st century?
One of my favorite movies from this genre is "Back to the Future" (parts I-III) directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Of the three parts of this trilogy in Part II, most futurological gadgets were included, some of which turned out to be apt futurlogic concepts and had their real counterparts several years ago.
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Will the concept of science-fiction genetic experiments to recreate extinct dinosaurs presented in the movie "Jurassic Park" ever be possible?
Will the concept of science-fiction genetic experiments to recreate the long-extinct dinosaur species used in the plot of the film "Jurassic Park" ever be possible?
The plot of the film "Jurassic Park" directed by Steven Spielberg is based on a simple, but currently unrealistic concept of laboratory testing of the reproduction of long-extinct dinosaur species.
The collected genetic material of dinosaurs from the blood of a mosquito sunken for millions of years in amber is the main material on the basis of which extinct dinosaur species are recreated.
The genetic material obtained in this way introduced into the germ cell of modern reptiles in the film gives the possibility of reproduction of extinct reptile species.
This idea is based on modern research and genetic experiments carried out in laboratories, whose aim is to create, for example, new crop varieties or produce drugs for specific diseases.
However, the reproduction of long-extinct species such as dinosaurs is still not possible because the genetic material undergoes deep fragmentation over millions of years.
The genetic chain of chromosomes breaks down into very short fragments. So short that there is no information on how to assemble them into whole chromosomes and the lack of enzymes that would be able to fragment these fragmented dinosaur DNA pieces into whole chromosomes.
But the technology of genetic research is developing. The whole genomes of various species of animals, plants and other life forms are studied. The knowledge base of genotypes and related species is successively growing in the Big Data resources created for this purpose.
Therefore, the question arises: Will the fantastic research concept applied in the plot of the film "Jurassic Park" ever be possible? Will it be possible to recreate long-extinct animal and plant species with the help of subsequent generations of research in the field of genetics in the future?
Will it be possible to create a real Jurassic Park in the future, within which dinosaurs will run among the vegetation composed, among others, of flowering and woody ferns, horsetail and ferns, or the restoration of the ecosystem from millions of years ago?
Or maybe a man should not even try this type of other than present ecosystems to play?
Is this also a matter of ethics? Is it not threatening modern ecosystems to restore ecosystems over millions of years, ie consisting of many long-extinct species of plants and animals?
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Can other forms of life occur on other exoplanets?
Research is currently underway to answer what conditions are needed to create life in a situation of a different chemical composition that is potentially present in many exoplanets, i.e. planets in other planetary systems, in other constellations of our Andromeda Galaxy or in other galaxies.
Perhaps for the emergence of life it is necessary to have on the given planet, far from the Sun, many various other determinants, such as the occurrence of water and atmosphere with a specific chemical composition.
Therefore, perhaps life exists in the Universe on other exoplanets very rarely.
Theories on this topic among astronomers have changed significantly over the last several decades.
In the 1960s, most scientists claimed that in the entire Universe life was created only once, ie on Earth.
Some scientists then pointed to the groundlessness of searching for intelligent life outside Earth.
It was claimed because it was thought that the origin of life on Earth is a kind of unique case of chemical reactions that took place on Earth.
Chemical reactions with such a low probability that one should exclude the possibility of repeating such a large coincidence of the necessary determinants of the origin of life.
However, even then, in terms of the number of other planetary systems found in other constellations, in other galaxies, in the number of other exoplanets, a certain distance from their suns, these estimates were mistaken.
The emergence of better telescopes generated a change in these estimates.
This change consisted in thousands of galaxies being turned into billions of galaxies.
Similar to the number of planets in these galaxies.
Therefore, even if we take into account the statistics and the question of selecting random determinants determining the emergence of life on other exoplanets, if these potential exoplanets with favorable conditions for the emergence of life is not hundreds, thousands but millions, then the probability is much greater.
In the 1970s, the researcher Francis Crick wrote that "Nowadays the emergence of life seems almost a miracle, because for it to exist, a lot of conditions must be met".
Similarly, Jacques Monod wrote in a book published in 1970: "Case and necessity" wrote: "People finally know that they are lonely in the indifferent space of the Universe, in which they appeared by pure chance".
In view of the above, the current question is: Can other forms of life occur on other exoplanets?
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The eminent scientist Paul Davies claims that currently many scientists are in favor of completely different theories suggesting a large probability of the fact that life in the Universe was created in many places, on various exoplanets, ie many times.
In addition, many eminent scientists claim that various forms of life occur in various places in the Universe.
Some of the eminent researchers suggest that on some exoplanets, where there are various forms of life, there are also intelligent life forms.
Biologist Christian de Duve went further in this trend of scientific theory because he described life as a "cosmic imperative".
However, modern knowledge in the creation of life on Earth has changed little over the years, since the study of the evolution of life on Earth began to be studied.
Well, we know about the transition from inanimate to life-filled forms on the ground, almost as much as Charles Darwin, who wrote over 100 years ago: "Now thinking about the creation of life is just as silly as considering the origin of matter."
In the field of astronomical instrument technology, a lot of progress has been made over the past few decades.
Recent discoveries of hundreds of exoplanets are an important factor determining the validity of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI - search for extraterrestrial intelligence).
According to current estimates, there may be billions of exoplanets in our own Andromeda Galaxy in the form of planets similar in many respects to Earth.
There is probably a lot of exoplanets that can be colonized.
However, we still do not know the details of the complex process that led to the creation of life on Earth.
We do not know all aspects of the process that converts a mixture of organic or inorganic chemicals into the first life forms into a living cell.
According to Paul Davies, it is not possible to precisely calculate the probability with which life could be created on different exoplanets.
Carl Sagan once remarked that the birth of life can not be so difficult, because then it would not appear on Earth almost immediately after the conditions became appropriate.
Paul Davies also points out that the universal argument is the magnitude of the Universe: if it is so big, then life must appear somewhere. But what does this statement mean? By limiting ourselves to the observable part of the Universe, we will probably find in it 1023 planets. Yes, it is actually a large number. However, it is reduced by the tiny probability of even simple organic molecules being created by pure chance. If the path from chemistry to biology is long and complicated, it may turn out that life occurs less often than on one trillion trillion of planets.
The conviction that life is widespread is based on the silent assumption that biological evolution processes are not the result of accidental chemical reactions, but they contain a specific purpose.
This purpose lies in the development of targeted and increasingly complex self-organization.
The increasingly complex organized structures determine the superiority of the living forms over the inanimate.
Sometimes this is referred to as a kind of unwritten law of life or the purposefulness of creating and developing life with the possible creation of an intelligent being.
However, for now, such theories may arise and will remain only theories, because man has not yet developed research instruments, with the help of which such theories and research thesis could be verified.
Scientist Sagan claimed that life appears frequently in the Universe. He also claimed that perhaps life on Earth arose many times. Therefore, if there were many beginnings of life on Earth, then also in currently functioning ecosystems there should be organisms with a different origin of life.
If such a theory were to turn out to be true, it would mean that in some ecosystems on Earth there are life forms that have arisen in completely different origins of their initial life forms and create a biosphere within one ecosystem.
On the other hand, they have recently been discovered in meteorites that are burning fossils of something that may resemble bacteria.
So if the bacteria could bring life to Earth before billions of years, it would be the first significant evidence of the possibility of life on other exoplanets.
Moreover, it is interesting that in this period of the last few decades, ie when significant changes occurred in the astronomers' theories and in the answer to the question about the existence of other forms of life in the Universe, at the same time in the cinematography the presentation of these alternative alternatives has also changed. worlds, other life forms that may exist on other exoplanets.
It is from the 70s of the twentieth century that the form and content of the depicted cosmos and possible aliens in space in the subsequent films are changing.
The first of the films in which this issue was taken seriously is the movie "2001. Odyssey Space" directed by Stanley Kubrick.
The subject concerned space travel and not discovered, completely different forms of life, however, this film opened a new era in cinematography.
In the following years, more and more sci-fi movies were being made, in which the plot was somewhere in space with the participation of people meeting or even cooperating with other humanlike intelligent beings.
In one of these films, this subject was taken in the convention of typical entertainment as in the films from the saga "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" and in other films in conventions or catastrophic (hostile to Earth humans intelligent creatures from other exoplanets) or in a convention typical paranova , in which people in precisely planned space missions go to Mars (as in the films: "Mission to Mars", "Red Planet", "Martian", ...) or go outside the Solar System to colonize another exoplanet (film "Passenger").
Therefore, the convergence and correlation in the theories of scientists regarding the scale and the probability of other forms of life on other exoplanets and the observed changes in the presentation of the issues of space and life in the cosmos in the cinematography over the last few decades is an interesting one.
In view of the above, the current question is: Can other forms of life occur on other exoplanets?
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Which of the science fiction movies, according to you, turned out to be the most prophetic futurological?
The science fiction genre is one of the most important genres in film art. Thanks to science fiction movies, many interesting futurological visions, many new inventions, etc. were created.
Many films from the science fiction genre were created in the film art, in which many prophetic visions and futurological projections appeared. For example, in the film "Return to the Future" directed by Robert Zemeckis appeared many futuristic products, some of which are currently in operation. Apparently, some inventions arose thanks to this film, especially the second part of this trilogy. The Hendo company from California launched in 2015 the first levitating magnetic skateboard.
Apparently, Nike is working on creating shoes that will be automatically laced at the touch of a button that works similar to those that Marty McFly had in the second part of the trilogy. At the McFly house in 2015, we have a rich futuristic gallery and mostly hit ideas. Family members wear goggles with colorful LEDs at home, whose idea vividly resembles Google Glass or Oculus Rift. When the videophone speaks at the McFly, information about who the addressee of the call is displayed in the goggles. The interlocutor, the head of Marthy named Needles, appears on a completely flat screen TV and announces with satisfaction that McFly throws him out of work. Could the scriptwriters have predicted Skype?
What's more, during the conversation next to the Needles likeness, information about his age, family, interests and preferences is displayed. That is the prediction of social media. A flat McFly TV moment later reveals yet another futuristic feature: multifunctionality. This happens when Marthy calls (voice!) Various TV channel proposals. The iconic time machine created by Dr. Emmett Brown is a converted DeLorean DMC-12. In the film, it is an electric car that uses 1,21 gigawatts of energy to travel in time to use a nuclear reactor. However, when this fails, a genius scientist replaces him with an "eco-fuel" of waste.
We see Dr. Brown charging garbage in the tank, including fruit skins and pouring leftovers of beer from the can. This can be successfully compared to biomass fuels used today, among which the most popular is biodiesel, most often obtained from rapeseed oil. Other futuristic inventions that appeared in "Return to the Future 2" are thought-minded games, a camera with face recognition, 3D holographic street advertising videos, a camera drone, fingerprint identification, biometrics based payments, an alpha sleep rhythm generator, weather forecasting, rejuvenating treatments (Dr. Brown lengthened his life by 30-40 years, unprinting paper.)
However, not all these inventions, gadgets or energy sources were created in the form as shown in this video. Cars fly but not on magnetic cushions like in this film only as drones or as autoloty, i.e. a car-to-plane intersection created by the American company Terrafugia in 2014 and another version by the Slovak company Aeromobil. On the other hand, not everything is provided in the picture from this movie. such dynamic development of the Internet, personal computers and smartphones events in that country are transmitted via fax and video calls.
But maybe in another science fiction movie that was created in the past better futuristic visions of the development of technology, technology, science, etc., which has happened to the present?
Or maybe there are such science fiction companies in the cinematography that have recently been created in recent years and present futuristic visions of the development of technology, science, etc., which is to be developed over several decades and presented in a very professional and full scientific knowledge, what could be considered a prophetic, futuristic vision of the future?
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In addition, I propose the following research question in this area:
How would you design energy if you had unlimited financial resources?
For example, whether with unlimited investment funds or whether it would be possible to achieve a sustainable economic ecosystem from scratch to achieve economic efficiency at least at the zero growth level as follows: Can a large solar power plant be developed in the desert and water obtained from energy to develop agricultural production and plant ecosystems, including forest ecosystems, which, after several dozen years, could almost function themselves?
An important factor would be the possible progressive climate change in a given area and the geographical scope of the area covered by this investment project.
How would you design a similar or different futurological energy and civilization project, containing renewable energy sources of renewable energy and recreation of natural conditions, referring to natural ecosystems, which after years would gain the possibility of self-recreating?
In some science fiction movies there are scenes that suggest that it is possible, economically justified and real. However, the vision presented in science-fiction movies to create real projects can, however, be a very big difference. But many futurological visions that were created in the past have been implemented, so it is justified to undertake such attempts to create further futurological projects.
In connection with the above, I would like to ask you the following question: How would you design energy if you had unlimited financial resources? How would you design a similar or different futurological energy and civilization project, containing renewable energy sources of renewable energy and recreation of natural conditions, referring to natural ecosystems, which after years would gain the possibility of self-recreating?
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In the context of the above considerations, I also propose the following research problem:
Can novels and science fiction movies portray futurological visions of future technologies and inventions?
Is there a promise of technologies and inventions that will be developed in the future in novels and films of the science fiction genre?
In my opinion, in many science fiction movies you can find a preview of future inventions and technologies that will be implemented on the industrial scale. this is one of the main features of science fiction novels and movies.
In view of the above, the current question is: Is there a promise of technologies and inventions that will be developed in the future in novels and films of the science fiction genre?
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Accordingly, I propose the following research question in this area:
In which industries, areas of company operation are employed and will be specialists in the Data Scientist profession?
Reportedly, Data Scientist investigates large sets of information describing, for example, the course of transactions carried out in the field of electronic banking, online transactions of products and services, online marketing, etc.
In what other industries, areas of functioning of companies are employed and will be specialists in the Data Scientist profession?
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The fulfillment of futurological visions described in the literature and presented in science fiction movies in the twentieth century?
Interestingly, futurological visions of the future presented in literature and film from the science fiction genre are only partially realized when years later of these earlier futurological visions comes. For example, in the first version of the movie "Blade Runner," in which the main character played Harrison Ford was presented a vision of the future for 2019. We already have this year now and this vision of the future has been largely accomplished. Recently a second version was made, a remake of this film with the same title and that the presented vision of the future could be considered futurological.
The film's action was moved to the future by 2049. I wonder what part of the future's visions will be realized in this film when it appears 2019? But there are many such futurological visions and other similar ones. These other futurological visions of the future, futurological visions of the future are also presented in other titles of science fiction novels and movies. Usually these elements of these futurological visions, which appear more often in various artistic works, including novels, films and other genres of art, but also in popular science publications, are more likely to be realized.
However, the estimation of the date, the year when this happens if the futurological vision runs out into the future for several decades, is unfortunately very difficult. The difficulty results from the currently very rapid technological development of human civilization.
Therefore, encouraging discussion, I am asking you the following question: The fulfillment of futurological visions described in the literature and presented in science fiction movies in the twentieth century?
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Another proposal for a research topic in this field:
What kind of science fiction movies or novels do you know that contain futurological visions of the 21st century?
Do you like science fiction movies or novels?
Which of the science fiction movies or novels depicts future technologies and / or futurological visions of the 21st century?
One of my favorite movies from this genre is "Back to the Future" (parts I-III) directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Of the three parts of this trilogy in Part II, most futurological gadgets were included, some of which turned out to be apt futurlogic concepts and had their real counterparts several years ago.
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I propose the following proposal for a research topic in this area:
The development of applications of new information technologies for the prediction research processes, forecasting future events?
Currently, research centers are being conducted in some research centers to answer the above question. The research concerns the involvement of new information and IT technologies such as: Big Data database technologies, cloud computing, machine learning, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence for prediction research processes, forecasting future events.
Positive effects of this type of research are already determined. However, the need to continue this research in order to fully confirm the obtained results.
In the light of the above, encouraging discussion, I turn to you with the following question: The development of applications of new information and information technologies for the prediction research processes, forecasting future events?
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In addition, I propose the following research question in this area:
What are the characteristics of a sustainable future smart city?
As part of sustainable and pro-ecological development, various concepts of modern urban development are created.
Futurological concepts of the development of cities of the future usually take into account specific aspects of sustainable, pro-ecological development and the use of modern information technologies in the development of urban agglomerations according to the smart city concept.
For example, what new, innovative building technologies, environmentally friendly material innovations, environmentally friendly renewable energy sources, information systems for autonomous cars, electric charging stations for cars and other electric vehicles, modern communication solutions and information systems, etc. should be used and installed in cities the future that meets the principles of sustainable, pro-ecological development and developed according to the smart city concept?
In connection with the above, I am asking you the following questions:
What are the characteristics of a sustainable future smart city?
How would you design a modern urban agglomeration that would meet the principles of sustainable, pro-ecological development?
What modern, innovative technologies should be used to develop the city of the future according to the smart city concept?
What are the futurological visions of the development of modern cities of the future that meet the principles of sustainable, pro-ecological development?
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In the context of the above considerations, I also propose the following research problem:
Will as part of the progress in robotization create autonomous intelligent robots replacing people in many activities and functions?
In some activities it is possible and robots are already produced, which replace people in specific repetitive activities.
However, will robots replace people in future in all activities and functions?
In my opinion, it is not possible for this type of futurological vision to be realized.
People are afraid of such a scenario of the future development of civilization.
The expression of these fears is the predominance of negative futurological visions known from fictional literature and films that such a development of civilization in which autonomous robots replace people in almost all activities, difficult work, production processes and achieve a high level of artificial intelligence generates serious threats to humanity.
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Accordingly, I propose the following research question in this area:
Does the development of Industry 4.0 technology also apply to medicine?
Yes, cloud computing and other technologies Industry 4.0. it concerns many areas that are developing and will develop in the future. Progress in medicine is determined by the development of diseases, but also by technological and technological advances.
Cloud computing applies to many technological sectors of today's advanced knowledge-based economies that are already entering the technological revolution known as Industry 4.0. One of the areas that are indicated by futurologists for development in the future are techniques called Medical Intelligence.
In addition, due to the progressive aging of societies in developed countries it will be necessary to develop also robotization, automation, computerization, implementation into many areas of human functioning and many branches of modern economies, also artificial itelligence technology, analysis of large data sets in the cloud computing, data collected in Big Data database systems, machine learning, Internet of Things, etc.
In my opinion, the technological progress will concern medicine in the 21st century. Already today, the field defined as medical intelligence develops, combining the achievements of medical knowledge, technologies developed for the development of medicine and new information and information technologies, processing of large data sets in the cloud, Big Data database systems and other developing new information media, Internet, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things technologies and other technologies typical of the current technological revolution called Industry 4.0.
In view of the above, I would like to ask you: Does the development of Industry 4.0 technology also apply to medicine?
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I suggest the following questions and research problems in the above topic:
How will the eating habits of people change until 2050 so that you can feed 10 billion people?
Demographers estimate that by 2050, the number of people on Earth will reach 10 billion. With such a number of people, the agricultural economy, logistics of food supplies and people's eating habits will have to change. It is likely that economics will force these processes, which will result in the transition of the majority of humanity to nutrition mainly based on vegetable and vegetarian diets. Meat production is many times more expensive than the production of cereals, fruits and vegetables. In addition, according to scientific research and the theory of futurologists, the production of traditional meat, e.g. pork and beef, may be replaced by the production of protein from insect breeding.
Research shows that there are more proteins in the bodies of insects than in traditional meat dishes. In addition, the logistics of food supplies, agri-food products will have to improve. Systems for matching agricultural and reptile production to the current needs of the industry and the nutritional needs of people will be improved so as to reduce the scale of food wastage. The biggest threat to the implementation of this plan may be unexpected atmospheric phenomena, natural disasters, droughts, hurricanes, tropical heat in the areas in which agricultural crops have been cultivated so far.
In addition, industrial exploitation of arable land and climate change causes soil depletion and the disintegration of areas suitable for agricultural production. Therefore, it will be necessary to continue the technological progress in the production of crops, in biotechnology, in the creation of new plant varieties resistant to pests and adverse climatic changes.
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Will future Big Data database systems supported by artificial intelligence be used in precise forecasting in order to verify futurological projections?
Currently, it is difficult to define this type of analytic problem. The key issue is forecasting future global problems. It is necessary to collect additional analytical data over the next years, and perhaps in the 21st century, in huge Big Data database systems supported by another generation of artificial intelligence, it will be possible to predict what may happen to the planet Earth in the future.
In view of the above, the current question is:
Will future Big Data database systems supported by artificial intelligence be used in precise forecasting for the verification of futurological projections?
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I invite you to the discussion.
Another proposal for a research topic in this field:
Will the concept of science-fiction genetic experiments to recreate extinct dinosaurs presented in the movie "Jurassic Park" ever be possible?
Will the concept of science-fiction genetic experiments to recreate the long-extinct dinosaur species used in the plot of the film "Jurassic Park" ever be possible?
The plot of the film "Jurassic Park" directed by Steven Spielberg is based on a simple, but currently unrealistic concept of laboratory testing of the reproduction of long-extinct dinosaur species.
The collected genetic material of dinosaurs from the blood of a mosquito sunken for millions of years in amber is the main material on the basis of which extinct dinosaur species are recreated.
The genetic material obtained in this way introduced into the germ cell of modern reptiles in the film gives the possibility of reproduction of extinct reptile species.
This idea is based on modern research and genetic experiments carried out in laboratories, whose aim is to create, for example, new crop varieties or produce drugs for specific diseases.
However, the reproduction of long-extinct species such as dinosaurs is still not possible because the genetic material undergoes deep fragmentation over millions of years.
The genetic chain of chromosomes breaks down into very short fragments. So short that there is no information on how to assemble them into whole chromosomes and the lack of enzymes that would be able to fragment these fragmented dinosaur DNA pieces into whole chromosomes.
But the technology of genetic research is developing. The whole genomes of various species of animals, plants and other life forms are studied. The knowledge base of genotypes and related species is successively growing in the Big Data resources created for this purpose.
Therefore, the question arises: Will the fantastic research concept applied in the plot of the film "Jurassic Park" ever be possible? Will it be possible to recreate long-extinct animal and plant species with the help of subsequent generations of research in the field of genetics in the future?
Will it be possible to create a real Jurassic Park in the future, within which dinosaurs will run among the vegetation composed, among others, of flowering and woody ferns, horsetail and ferns, or the restoration of the ecosystem from millions of years ago?
Or maybe a man should not even try this type of other than present ecosystems to play?
Is this also a matter of ethics? Is it not threatening modern ecosystems to restore ecosystems over millions of years, ie consisting of many long-extinct species of plants and animals?
Please, answer, comments.
I invite you to the discussion.
I propose the following proposal for a research topic in this area:
Is the provision of information services on the Internet for free the main factor in the dynamic development of new online media?
Many technology companies that run online portals providing specific information services have developed their business model based on the provision of certain free information services.
Therefore, since the late 90s of the twentieth century, the segment of new online media has been dynamically developing.
In a situation when the developing internet technology company will acquire a significant part of the new media market, then in its business model it activates the development of commercial information and advertising services.
Online large companies that run dominant in this segment of new media social media portals usually achieve good financial results in recent years on the basis of commercially run advertising services.
The advertising market on social media portals is growing dynamically.
Some types of products or services are advertised among others on the websites of new online media, including social media portals.
On social media portals in recent years more and more often advertising campaigns are conducted in such a way that advertising spots look not like ads only as interviews, presentations, movie columns, etc.
Social media portals are perfect for the development of online viral marketing.
This type of advertising campaign does not have to consume a high budget and at the same time it can be effective if certain marketing innovations are used in a specific advertising movie broadcast eg on the YouTube portal.
In connection with the above, one of the dynamically developing types of internet portals providing specific information and advertising services are social media portals, ie YouTube, Facebook, Tweeter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, Snapchat and others.
However, despite the development of commercial advertising services, however, a significant part of information services is provided free of charge.
Therefore, the current question is: Is the provision of information services on the Internet for free the main factor in the dynamic development of new online media?
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In addition, I propose the following research question in this area:
Will artificial intelligence in combination with Big Data technology be used in forecasting valuations of assets on capital markets?
Will artificial intelligence combined with the analysis of data collected in Big Data database systems be used in automated forecasting of valuations of securities and other assets on capital markets?
In the background of the plot of the film "Transcendence" from 2014, directed by Wally Pfister, the topic of analysis is analyzed by a computerized system combining artificial intelligence with human consciousness loaded into a computerized system of artificial intelligence connected to Internet resources and using the resources on its own.
This independence also means access to various databases, including internal Big Data database databases belonging to certain corporations, including listed companies that are issuers of securities.
The artificial intelligence connected to the Internet, according to a specific strategy, also independently conducts transactions on the market of valuable securities.
In addition, it establishes statrtsets offering innovative technologies, which in a short time become large capital companies characterized by a high capitalization of exchange quotations of shares of these companies listed on stock exchanges.
The above-presented film "Transcendence" presented above picture of integration of artificial intelligence, human consciousness and Internet resources is a picture of typical science fiction.
However, on the other hand, the function of this image is also to inspire to discuss the potential possibilities of integration of the above-mentioned elements into one system of autonomous and working in the Internet resources artificial intelligence, in addition also containing some human feelings.
The above image from the movie "Transcendence" became an inspiration to formulate the following question below.
The mentioned motif from the movie "Transcendence" looks impressive and convincing in this film mainly because it has a full spectrum of innovation.
The use of new, innovative instruments for forecasting specific economic categories usually works until these innovative instruments continue to be innovative, ie until they are disseminated to the majority of participants in specific markets.
In view of the above, I am asking you to answer the following question: Will artificial intelligence combined with the analysis of data collected in the Big Data database systems be used in automated forecasting of valuations of securities and other assets on capital markets?
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In the context of the above considerations, I also propose the following research problem:
Which, in your opinion, a feature film or a novel in literature best promotes the need to develop scientific research?
One of the best-known films in the history of cinematography in which the issue of the importance of technological progress has been taken seriously and given a transcendental significance is the science fiction film 2001. A Space Odyssey directed by Stanley Cubrick.
In this film, the flight to the moon and then a trip to some of the other planets of the solar system are presented with the seriousness of taking into account the scientific knowledge available at the time of the creation of this film.
However, this movie was made in 1968. Many years have passed since then and many other films from this genre have been created, in which futuristic technological developments in the development of civilization were also presented in the perspective of the next several decades.
Often films containing futurlogical visions arise from previously written novels and short stories.
In view of the above, the current question is: Which fictional film do you think best promotes the need to develop scientific research?
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In what areas are the most innovative start-ups currently being developed?
In my opinion, the fastest-growing business projects are primarily those that are the subject of innovative startups developing dynamically for a minimum period of several years. Startups develop innovative business projects in such areas as: information technology, ICT, Internet, biotechnology, energy, ecology, environmental protection, medicine, agribusiness, etc.
In addition, a number of innovative technologies in construction, material, process and marketing innovations have recently been created in the field of smart city, life science, cleantech, medical intelligence and others that are used by companies and corporations operating in various sectors of the national or international economy.
In addition, innovative business projects are also developed in the fields of various fields of information services, advanced data processing, business analytics and the development of teleiform technologies, which together are the pillars of a knowledge-based economy. The current technological revolution known as Industry 4.0 is motivated by the development of the following factors:
Big Data database technologies, cloud computing, machine learning, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence. It is anticipated that in the next years in these fields of science and technology many large startups will be created, which will be developed effectively based on innovative business projects related to the topics mentioned above.
On the basis of the development of the new technological solutions mentioned in recent years, the processes of innovatively organized analyzes of large information collections gathered in Big Data database systems dynamically develop.
In each of these areas, many specific design topics can be distinguished, in which business startups develop and reach the minimum level of a medium-sized company or large corporation in a situation of spectacular business success based on a well-designed business and an effectively implemented innovative business project.
In view of the above, I am asking you: In what areas are the most innovative start-ups currently being developed?
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In addition, I suggest the following questions and research problems in the above topic:
Nanotechnology + Robotics + Artificial intelligence = e.g. Smart Robo-Bees?
Without bees and other pollinating insects, most species of terrestrial flora and fauna will soon disappear and there will be a serious problem with feeding people on Earth.
For several years, the phenomenon of massive extinction of whole bee swarms in some regions of the world, including mainly regions of crop cultivation, has been observed.
Therefore, when this unfavorable process will continue, perhaps in the future the solution to this problem will be the creation of a Smart Robo-Bee, ie nanotechnological, miniaturized artificial robotic insects.
These Smart Robo-Bees could pollinate flowers of cereals, vegetables, shrubs, fruit trees, etc. in the situation of complete extinction of pollinating insects.
Is this a realistic scenario to solve the problem of extinction pollinating insects?
Please, answer, comments.
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Another proposal for a research topic in this field:
How will a smart home look like in the future?
What features and new technologies will be used in smart homes in the future?
Will intelligent homes in the future meet the objectives of environmentally-friendly sustainable development?
Please, answer, comments.
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I propose the following proposal for a research topic in this area:
The development of smart cities according to the sustainable green economy development principles in the 21st century?
Is the planning and development of smart cities according to the sustainable green economy development principles a priority in the 21st century?
In some rapidly developing countries, in the period of about 30 years, entire modern urban agglomerations are created, largely self-sufficiently enegetically and economically.
Currently, the whole of the urban agglomerations are planned to be built and built, which are also to a large extent self-sufficient, also in food and ecological terms.
This type of rapidly growing modern agglomerations are increasingly operating according to the concept of smart cities and the principles of sustainable green economy development.
Therefore, please answer the following question:
Is the planning and development of smart cities according to the sustainable green economy development principles a priority in the 21st century?
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In addition, I propose the following research question in this area:
Does the development of smart cities improve people's lives?
The development of smart cities is a part of the broader concept of sustainable pro-ecological development based on the use of modern, innovative information technologies and in addition to ecology.
In this way, the development of smart cities also improves people's lives and can make people happier.
Do you agree with me on the above matter?
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In the context of the above considerations, I also propose the following research problem:
What technologies dominate in the field of smart ecology sustainable development cities?
What technologies dominate in the development of urban agglomerations according to the concept of smart-ecology sustainable development cities?
I invite you to the discussion
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Accordingly, I propose the following research question in this area:
What technologies should be developed on Mars so that plants could be grown on Mars in the future?
On the surface of the planet Mars are the basic components, organic elements and chemical compounds necessary for the cultivation of terrestrial plants on Mars.
There is water on Mars (saline, it would have to be desalinated) and on the surface of Mars there are elements necessary for the development and cultivation of plants.
There is, however, no atmosphere with the right composition for the earth's plants, which could possibly be cultivated in the future on Mars.
In the next few decades, will human civilization reach such a level of technological development that Mars should begin to grow plants and begin to colonize Mars by building specific stations and cosmic bases there?
In the light of the above, encouraging discussion, I turn to you with the following question: What technologies should be developed on Mars so that plants could be grown on Mars in the future?
Please, answer, comments.
I invite you to the discussion.
In addition, I suggest the following questions and research problems in the above topic:
How to develop environmentally sustainable economic development to slow down the unfavorable warming of the Earth's climate?
What are the most serious problems of civilization development that should be solved as soon as possible? What are the global problems for which research should be developed and solutions to these problems resolved in 2019 and in subsequent years?
One of such research problems, which should not be postponed for an indefinite future, is the need to develop environment-friendly sustainable economic development in order to slow down the adverse process of global warming.
With the warming of the Earth's climate, the risk of more dramatic climate cataclysms, including tsunamis, increases.
Tsunami may be a derivative of the global warming problem. Global warming generates an increase in climate disasters, including more cases of tsunamis.
But not only is the risk of more violent and more dramatic tsunamis rising. Also in recent years, there has been more other types of climate and natural climate catatics, such as droughts, rainstorms, tornadoes and weather anomalies.
At present, it should no longer be asked whether global warming generates an increase in natural disasters only what rate of growth will be recorded in the future? So many data, research centers confirms the progressing process of global warming, that the problem is unquestionable.
More and more data points to the growing risk of climate change, unfavorable for human and life on the Earth, increase of climate disasters, climatic and weather anomalies, which are the result of global warming, rising average annual temperature near the Earth's surface.
Now we should just ask: How can these adverse processes be counteracted? What ecological technologies, renewable energy sources, how to help natural environments, how to rebuild them, such as afforestation, to build natural ecosystems absorbing greenhouse gases?
How to develop ecological business ventures? How to create financing systems for this type of pro-ecological projects? How to dispel international cooperation in this matter? What actions should be taken to move towards the development of a new ecological green economy?
How to develop environmentally sustainable economic development to slow down the unfavorable warming of the Earth's climate?
Please reply.
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Another proposal for a research topic in this field:
Is the need to develop new proecological economic concepts based on the following formula properly promoted in the mass media:
Ecology + sustainable economic development = sustainable green economy development
?
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I propose the following proposal for a research topic in this area:
How will information services of social media portals change in the future when artificial intelligence is implemented?
Apparently, internet technology companies managing the largest social media portals, such as Facebook, Tweeter, Google+, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. plan to undertake research and implementation work or implement these works to implement specific technologies of artificial intelligence to social media portals.
Does any of you conduct research in this area?
I invite you to the discussion.
In addition, I propose the following research question in this area:
How will education change in the future due to the development of computer games?
Currently, dynamic development of computer games is being carried out, both on-line computers, on-line versions of the Internet and versions for mobile devices and smartphones.
For young people using smartphones, games are one of the main forms of entertainment.
Probably the next stage in the development of computer games will be the development of multithreaded versions, i.e. with the active participation of the person playing and the implementation of artificial intelligence for games.
How can this development affect education, pedagogy and education in the future?
How to use the development of computer games to serve more effective education instead of generating negative external aspects, negative social, alienation, alienating people playing these games in a situation of serious addiction to computer games?
This is a question that can be answered at the interdisciplinary level, combining the problems of computer science, computer games, education, pedagogy, psychology and other social sciences.
This is a very important issue that determines, among other things, the psychosomatic, emotional and social development of the current generation of young people and probably also future generations in the future.
I am asking for answers, comments.
I invite you to the discussion.
In the context of the above considerations, I also propose the following research problem:
Can the development of robotization and computerization cause a significant rise in unemployment in the future?
These types of questions have appeared many times in every era of the technological and industrial revolution, the period of accelerating technological development. These types of questions have already appeared in the periods of increasing the scale of objectification, arming technical human labor, from when the processes of manufacturing goods in manufactories transformed into mass production. This was the case during the Industrial Revolution of the XIX century, when the invention of a steam engine significantly accelerated the development of industry and mass production.
Then, the introduction of tape production in various branches of mass production in the early twentieth century. In the second half of the twentieth century, ie in the era of subsequent stages of mechanization, automation, then the computerization of the production of many mass goods, this question appears again. Through these periods of technological progress, national economies have been transforming structurally from agricultural, industrial to modern-day domination of services. At the same time, the importance of new generation factors, which include information, technology, entrepreneurship and innovation, was gradually growing.
Some branches of industry were shrinking, others were growing in the whole production of goods in the economy. At the same time, new professions, professions and specializations of human work were created, related to information, IT, analytical and technological services related to the development of new fields of knowledge and technology. So the earlier fears about the lack of work for people in connection with the technical progress that took place over the last several hundred years turned out to be essentially exaggerated.
However, currently the same questions reappear: Can the development of robotization and computerization cause a significant rise in unemployment in the future? If such questions arise, then we are dealing with another era of technical progress or another technological revolution. The attributes of this revolution are also increasingly added to the development of new online media, computerized computing techniques, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Big Data, etc. in the applications of such areas of knowledge and science as biotechnology, metrology, ecology, energy, communication, medicine and many other fields of life science and new tech. In connection with the above, please answer the question: Can the development of robotization and computerization cause a significant increase in unemployment in the future?
Please, answer, comments.
I invite you to the discussion.
Accordingly, I propose the following research question in this area:
Does technology change people's social behavior?
What is your opinion about the impact of new information technologies on people's social behavior?
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Dear Friends and Colleagues of RG
What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of Futurology in literature and film?
Please, provide your suggestions for a question, problem or research thesis in the issues: Futurology in literature and film.
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Dear Friends and Colleagues of RG
Which film, according to you, was the most futurological prophecy?
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In my opinion, most futurological visions can be found in science fiction novels and movies. What is your opinion on this issue?
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Dear Friends and Colleagues of RG
Which films, of those that appeared in recent years according to you, contained accurate futurological visions?
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The development of robotics is increasingly related to the use of robots in education processes in schools. Classes from robotics find a lot of interest among students, because young people are interested in new technologies and see the future in it. These Interpress are often inspired by literature, film and other fields of art, in which robots are an important element of the plot of a science fiction novel or film. Robotics and other advanced information processing technologies, including artificial intelligence technology, machine learning and the Internet of Things, are finding more and more applications in industry, in commercial business ventures. Therefore, teaching robotics should start at the early stages of the education process for children and adolescents.
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Dear Colleagues and Friends from RG,
The above discussion inspired me to formulate the following question:
What is the meaning of futurology in planning and forecasting future world development processes?
On the basis of the above considerations and conclusions from the discussion on interesting issues discussed, I formulated the following thesis that the importance of futurology in planning and forecasting future world development processes is important. Therefore, futurology can develop in correlation with the improvement of instrumental forecasting techniques based on the involvement of modern ICT and Industry 4.0 information technologies.
Below I have described the key determinants confirming the formulated research thesis. To the above discussion I would like to add the following conclusion formulated as a summary of my earlier considerations on this topic: the role and importance of futurology in planning and forecasting future world development processes and the improvement of instrumental forecasting techniques based on the involvement of modern ICT and Industry 4.0 information technologies.
In the last few decades, at least several political fiction films bordering on science fiction have already been made, in which various visions of the world resulting from this type of scenario of historical events have been presented. However, in history you cannot be fooled, because each significant event is the source of many subsequent events. Therefore, these alternative scenarios contain many issues arising from subjective judgments and potentially contain many interpretational errors for events that did not happen and which perhaps would have happened, but only perhaps. Therefore, this type of theoretical consideration in the field of history should not be taken seriously, due to the high level of alternativeity and making errors of interpretation for an unlimited number of different scenarios of events resulting from another, one event that could have happened in the past.
An example of futurological considerations undertaken in science fiction novels and films is the topic of determining the possibilities of building autonomous robots equipped with artificial intelligence, artificial consciousness and emotions typical of living beings. Only highly organized living things, including humans, have emotions. People have emotional intelligence. Emotions are felt by highly organized living beings who have consciousness. Intelligent beings such as man are aware of their existence and their relationship with the environment. Currently, it is not possible to build robots that have awareness of their existence and emotions. Even high-generation artificial intelligence is just a machine. Autonomous robots equipped with artificial intelligence are also machines, so at least in the context of current technology it is not possible to build robots with emotions. So robots equipped with emotions appearing in science fiction novels and movies can not be treated as part of futurological visions but it is pure fantasy.
In some activities this is possible and robots are already being produced that replace people in certain repetitive activities. However, will robots replace people in the future in all activities and functions? In my opinion, it is not possible for this type of futurological vision to be realized. People are afraid of this type of scenario for the future development of civilization.
The expression of these fears is the predominance of negative futurological visions known from literature and sciec fiction films that this type of civilization development in which autonomous robots replace people in almost all activities, difficult works, production processes and obtain a high level of artificial intelligence generates serious threats to humanity.
Interestingly, the futurological visions of the future depicted in the science fiction literature and film are only partially realized when years later these earlier futurological visions come. For example, in the first version of the movie "The Android Hunter", in which the main character was played by Harrison Ford, the vision of the future for 2019 was presented. We already have this year and this vision of the future has been realized to a small extent. A second version, a remake of this film with the same title, was recently shot and that the presented vision of the future could be considered futurological, the film's action was shifted to the future until 2049. I wonder in what part the visions of the future presented in this film will be realized when it appears year 2019? But there are many such futurological visions and similar ones. These other futurological visions of the future, futuristic visions of the future are also presented in other titles of novels and science fiction movies. Usually, those elements of these futurological visions that appear more often in various artistic works, including novels, films and other genres of art, but also in popular science publications are more likely to be realized. However, estimating the date and year when this happens if the futurological vision looks ahead for several dozen years is unfortunately very difficult. The difficulty is due to the very rapid technological development of human civilization currently taking place.
In my opinion, in many science fiction movies you can find a preview of future inventions and technologies that will be implemented on an industrial scale. This is one of the main functions of science fiction novels and movies. The science fiction genre is one of the most important genres in film art. Thanks to science fiction films, many interesting futurological visions have been created, many new inventions etc. In the art of film, many science fiction films have been created, in which many prophetic futurological visions and projections have appeared. For example, in the film "Back to the Future" directed by Robert Zemeckis, there are many futuristic products, some of which are currently functioning. Apparently, several inventions were made thanks to this film, especially the second part of this trilogy. In 2015, the California company Hendo launched the first magnetic levitating skateboard. Apparently, Nike is working on the creation of shoes lacing automatically at the press of a button operating similarly to those in the second part of the trilogy owned by Marty McFly. In the McFly house in 2015 we have a rich gallery of futuristic and mostly hit ideas. Family members wear goggles with colorful LEDs at home, the idea of ??which resembles Google Glass or Oculus Rift vividly. When the videophone is spoken by McFlys, the goggles display information about who the addressee of the connection is. The interlocutor, Martha's boss named Needles, appears on a completely flat screen TV and is pleased to tell McFly that he is fired. Did the scriptwriters manage to predict Skype? What's more, during the conversation, information about his age, family, interests or preferences are displayed next to the image of Needles. That's a social media prophecy.
In addition, the McFly flat screen TV reveals another future feature: multifunctionality. This happens when Martha calls (voiced!) Various TV channel suggestions. The iconic time machine created by Dr. Emmett Brown is the converted DeLorean DMC-12. In the film, it is an electric car that uses a nuclear reactor to produce 1.21 gigawatts of energy needed for time travel. However, when this fails, the brilliant scientist replaces it with "eco-fuel" from waste. We see Dr. Brown loading garbage into the tank, including fruit peels, and pouring the leftover beer from the can. This can be successfully compared to the biomass fuels used today, among which biodiesel, most commonly obtained from rapeseed oil, is the most popular. Other futuristic inventions that appeared in "Return to the Future 2" are: thought-controlled games, camera with face recognition function, 3D holographic street ads, drone with camera, fingerprint identification, biometric payments, alpha rhythm generator , weather forecasting, rejuvenation treatments (Dr. Brown extended his life by 30-40 years, dust-free paper. However, not all these inventions, gadgets or energy sources were created in the form presented in this film. Cars fly but not on magnetic cushions like in this film only as drones or as airplanes, i.e. a car-plane intersection created in 2014 by the American company Terrafugia and in another version by the Slovak company Aeromobil.
On the other hand, not everything was foreseen in the image from this film. For example, such dynamic development of the Internet, personal computers and smartphones was not foreseen. Information in the local reality is transmitted via fax and video calls. But maybe in another science fiction movie that was made in the past, a more accurately presented futuristic visa for the development of technology, technology, science, etc. that has been made up to now? Or maybe there are such science fiction companies in cinematography that were created recently, in recent years and present futuristic visions of the development of technology, technology, science, etc., which development is to take place over several decades and was presented very professionally and with full coverage scientific knowledge, what could be considered a prophetic, futuristic vision of the future?
The importance of futurology is confirmed by examples of novels and films that have been recognized as futurological visions of the development of the world or specific parts of it, countries, and areas of development of states. For example: Was George Orwell's 1984 novel a visionary, futurological vision of a totalitarian state? George Orwell's 1984 novel was to be a warning to humanity, as a futurological vision it was to present an optional and the most negative scenario for the development of totalitarianisms that arose at the beginning of the 20th century and in the 1930s, and if it continued to develop it could have resulted in the second half Of the twentieth century to the emergence of extremely totalitarian powers, in which almost every citizen was under full control of the state. The book "1984" by George Orwell was to be a visionary warning for humanity against the possible development of totalitarian superpowers, in which the ruling monoparts maintain power through terror inside the country and by conducting constant wars with other countries to take control of other countries and to impose a totalitarian system of power on other countries.
If there was a time machine and it was possible to go back in time, then some of our strategic decisions that had a big impact on the development of later events would be slightly different from those that were actually made in the past. This would result from the additional information available to develop later situations and events. However, the paradox is that many people would do so, so the current reality would almost certainly be completely different than it is, so also our initial knowledge of the development of later situations and events would be different, and thus the time loop paradox arises.
Research is currently underway in some research centers to improve research techniques and quantitative forecasting instruments. The research concerns the involvement of new information and information technologies such as: Big Data database technologies, cloud computing, machine learning, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence for predictive research processes, forecasting future events. The positive effects of this type of research are already defined. However, the need to continue these studies to more fully confirm the results obtained.
More and more companies, banks and other entities need to carry out multi-criteria analyzes on large datasets downloaded from the Internet describing the markets in which they operate and contractors and clients with whom they cooperate. On the other hand, there are already specialized technology companies that offer this type of analytical services, prepare commissioned reports, which are the result of such multi-criteria analyzes of large data sets obtained from various websites and from entries and comments contained on social media portals.
On the other hand, futurology is an important field of para-scientific knowledge. There are already many futurological visions in which there are projections of what the world will look like in 2030, 2050 or even at the end of the 21st century. Para-scientific futurological visions are based on the extrapolation of current development trends of major global processes and the high probability of specific phenomena in the future. However, the period of the next 10 years requires the use of a high level of correlation with diagnosed and described in detail dominant global processes operating in various spheres of developing economies, atmospheric, climatic, geological, space phenomena, etc. apart from economic, demographic, technological, civilization, cultural progress etc. The period of 10 years can be considered as a period during which strategic new scientific discoveries relevant to the development of civilization can take place and significant technological inventions can arise, for which the starting point is the current reality but after 10 years they can be so different from what surrounds us now that incorporating them in futurological visions borders on divination with tea grounds.
On the other hand, the period of 10 years is so short that it is possible to overlook the slow cosmic, geological, astrophysical, etc. processes that may affect planet Earth during this period. However, the technique of research and observation of long-term progress of civilization development processes as well as natural and climate processes, including global warming processes, which are growing faster and faster. In connection with the above, the current visions and futurological concepts of the global economy based mostly on the green economy, currently not fully realistic, may become a reality in a dozen or so years. Let only humanity manage to transform this transformation of classical economics towards green economy before the global warming process, which is progressing faster and faster, will cause an increase in the average temperature at the Earth's surface by min. 3-4 degrees C which will mean a strong increase in the scale and frequency of weather anomalies and climatic disasters, which will seriously hinder people's lives in a significant part of land areas. The current (end of August and beginning of September 2019) intensifying and much larger than in previous years fires of the Amazon rainforests, forest fires in Australia, the Siberian Tundra and other places of the world is a serious SOS signal sent by the Earth's nature towards man, a signal warning informing about the next exceeded level of imbalance in nature caused by the development of human civilization.
In view of the above, it may be important to try to answer the following question: How would you design a similar or other futuristic energy and civilization project, containing renewable energy sources from renewable energy sources and restoration of natural conditions, referring to natural ecosystems, which after years would be able to self-regenerate? For example, would it be possible to have a sustainable economic ecosystem from scratch to achieving economic efficiency at a level of at least zero growth with unlimited investment funds as follows: Can a large solar plant be developed in the desert and water and energy generated from the energy produced develop agricultural production and plant ecosystems, including forest ecosystems, which after several decades could almost function by themselves? An important factor would be any progressive climate change in the area and the geographical scope of the area covered by this investment project.
Some science fiction films have scenes that suggest that it's possible, economically justified and real. However, there can be a big difference from the visions presented in science fiction movies to the creation of real projects. But many of the futurological visions that have arisen in the past have been realized, so it is justified to make such attempts to create further futurological projects. In connection with the above, I would like to ask you the following question: How would you design the energy sector if you had unlimited financial resources? How would you design a similar or other futuristic energy and civilization project, containing renewable energy sources for renewable energy sources and recreation of natural conditions, referring to natural ecosystems, which after years would be able to regenerate?
As part of sustainable and pro-ecological development, various concepts of modern urban development arise. Futurological concepts for the development of cities of the future usually take into account certain aspects of sustainable, pro-ecological development and the use of modern information technologies in the development of urban agglomerations according to the concept of smart city. For example, what new, innovative construction technologies, pro-ecological material innovations, pro-ecological renewable energy sources, information systems for autonomous cars, charging stations for cars and other electric vehicles, modern communication solutions and information systems, etc. should be used and installed in cities future that meet the principles of sustainable, environmentally friendly development and developed according to the concept of smart city?
Demographers estimate that by 2050 the number of people on Earth will reach 10 billion. With this number of people, the agricultural economy, food supply logistics and people's eating habits will have to change. Probably, economics will force these processes that will result in the transition of most of humanity to nutrition mainly based on a plant or vegetarian diet. Meat production is many times more expensive than the production of cereals, fruit and vegetables. In addition, according to scientific research and theories of futurologists, the production of traditional meat, e.g. pork and beef, may be replaced by the production of protein from insect breeding. Research shows that there is more protein in the bodies of insects than in traditional meat dishes. In addition, the logistics of food and agri-food products will have to be improved. Systems for adapting agri-food production to the current needs of industry and the nutritional needs of people will be improved to reduce the scale of food waste. The biggest threat to the implementation of this plan may be unforeseen atmospheric phenomena, natural disasters, droughts, hurricanes, tropical heat in areas where crops have been grown so far. In addition, the industrial exploitation of arable land and climate change are causing sterilization of the soil and decreasing acres suitable for agricultural production. Therefore, it will be necessary to continue technological progress in the production of agricultural products, in biotechnology, in the creation of new plant varieties resistant to pests and adverse climate changes.
Prediction techniques vary in different areas of knowledge. In economics and finance, quantitative instrumental methods are used based on the analysis of quantitative data and statistical analysis. In addition, extrapolations of trends in diagnosed processes are used that have been measured and described for a specific period of time in the past. However, in the humanities, in the fields of knowledge characterized by qualitative specificity, other prognostic methods are also used, which may be partly qualitative.
In biological sciences, methods of observing changes in various natural, climatic, cosmic phenomena are used, etc.
Therefore, forecasting future global problems is a key issue. It is necessary to collect additional analytical data for years to come, and perhaps in the 21st century in huge Big Data database systems supported by the next generation of artificial intelligence, you will be able to forecast what might happen to planet Earth in the future.
According to the above, in my opinion the importance of futurology in planning and forecasting future world development processes is important. Therefore, perhaps in the near future futurology will develop in correlation with the improvement of instrumental forecasting techniques based on the implementation into the analytical processes of modern ICT and Industry 4.0 information technologies.
Do you agree with me on the above matter?
In view of the above, I am asking you the following questions:
- What do you think about film visions presenting alternative scenarios of historical events?
- When fully autonomous humanoid robots will be serially produced, i.e. futurological visions known from such science fiction novels and films as "I. Robot", "AI Artificial Intelligence", "Ex Machina", "Chappie", "Bicentennial Man "," Star Wars "," Star Trek ", etc.?
- Can the current surreal concepts of the transformation of classic economics into green economy become a reality in the perspective of a dozen or so or at the latest several dozen subsequent years?
- What are the futurological visions for the development of modern cities of the future that meet the principles of sustainable, pro-ecological development?
- How can you define a time looping paradox if a time machine was created?
- Will someday in the future Big Data database systems supported by artificial intelligence be used in precise forecasting to verify futurological projections?
- The fulfillment of futurological visions described in the literature and presented in science fiction films in the 20th century?
- In your opinion, which science fiction movie turned out to be the most futuristically prophetic?
- Can you find a preview of technology and inventions that will be developed in the future in science fiction novels and movies?
- What science fiction movies or novels contain 21st century futurological visions?
- What are the known futurological visions of technology development until about 2050?
- What is the meaning of futurology in planning and forecasting future world development processes?
What do you think about this topic?
What is your opinion on this topic?
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
Already in the 1980s and 1990s, there were feature films showing the development of the epidemic that closely resembled the current SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic.
Therefore, can these types of films be considered futurological?
What's your opinion on this topic?
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
John Carpenter: They live— is a great piece of futurological art.
Dear Stephen I. Ternyik,
That's right. There are many elements of futurology in the genre of fiction films and literature.
Have a nice day, Stay healthy! Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz