The Middle of the 21st Century: A Riddle of Singularity
Abstract
A series of independent calculations by scientists from different countries and different fields of specialization showed that the speed of biosphere and society development has been increasing over 4,5 billion years according to a simple logarithmic law. Extrapolation of the exponential curve into the future allows to conclude that the noted tendency approaches the point of mathematical singularity around the middle of the 21st century, which means that the global anthroposphere will undergo a grandiose phase transition.
Keywords
мегаистория,
универсальная эволюция,
планетарная эволюция,
нелинейность,
сингулярность,
сложность,
кризис,
аттракторы,
сознание,
megahistory,
universal evolution,
planetary evolution,
nonlinearity,
singularity,
complexity,
crisis,
attractors,
consciousness
About the Author
Akop Nazaretyan
Journal "Historical Psychology & Sociology"; Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
References
1. Назаретян А.П. Нелинейное будущее. Мегаисторические, синергетические и культурно-психологические предпосылки глобального прогнозирования. – М.: МБА, 2013.
2. Назаретян А.П. Интеллект во Вселенной: истоки, становление, перспективы. – М.: Недра, 1991.
For citations:
Nazaretyan A.
The Middle of the 21st Century: A Riddle of Singularity. Russian Journal of Philosophical Sciences. 2013;(9):15-24.
(In Russ.)