The future in the long term is determined by the development of science, the effectiveness of the education system, the technologies used and created. The massive use of computers and the widespread use of the Internet have led to a humanitarian and technological revolution, during which a new socio-technological reality is being created. The future is not unique, and we are now at a bifurcation point. It is in it that it is determined whether they will be embodied in the 21th century. imperatives of the New Age, or a rollback to the worldview, social and technological realities of the 16th century will begin. I consider a number of important signs in the world and Russia that significantly increase the likelihood of such a rollback, and present a number of directions and ideas that allow society to move forward into the future, and not back into the past.
Keywords:
bifurcation point, synergetics, humanitarian and technological revolution, imperatives of the Middle Ages, resuscitation of Russian science, post-industrial development, future design, digital reality
