Рассуждая о будущем /english/
Future – one of the strongest magic words in
the history of humanity. From old times people began to ponder upon their
future. Sometimes ill-omened sometimes hopeful but it always attracted the
human thoughts. There were many clairvoyants being engaged in predicting the
future and very often there was nothing but pessimistic ways in their
conclusions. And many times our civilization really stood on the edge of total
wreck but heavens and just ordinary people by their efforts allow our planet to
survive. But now standing on the boundary of the centuries and considering all
the circumstances concerning with the problems of interrelations between
countries, threat of ecological catastrophe, possibility of the beginning of
the Third World War, especially in the light of the events in Yugoslavia, we
cannot be sure that and this time any miracle will save the humanity from
disaster.
But diverting from such
pessimistic thoughts let me imagine our future concentrating on the aspects of
developing and applying new technologies.
A few words about the Space. I
guess that cosmology will make a great strides in the near future. There will
be a good possibility of inventing the light speed engine for the space
vehicles or using the directed emission of the elementary particles but even
otherwise I’m sure that the human civilization will spread its influence at
least on the now known expanses of the universe. We will settle our colonies on
the various planets and who knows whether on the Earth there will be the centre
or if you want the capital of mankind. Maybe on these planets we will find the
remains of old civilizations and use their knowledge and technologies for our
needs. Or, it’s also possible, we will disturb any martial people and our
civilization will be erased from the face of the universe. Who knows?
Eventually, still Sallusty said: “All that come into the world doomed to
death”.
The City. The
great set of numerous buildings made from glass and plastic, tidy streets,
beautiful trade palaces, little comfortable cars full of electronics, pitiable
rests of the parks and museums in a word the technological epoch. Yes, but it
is only the external view of the future city. For instance let me describe the
proposed future car and possibly new technologies inculcated in it. No doubt
according to the requirements of aerodynamics and beauty it will have the
streamline form. After outward appearance car’s engine is the first thing on
which we pay attention. Such engine in the future, I believe, must be based on
eco-friendly sources of energy such as sun energy or probably some kind of
cleared crystals of any metal. Then certainly brakes are. Now we use the steel
brake disks but there is a possibility to increase the efficiency and
productivity of them by using the carbon-filled plastic brakes in the aggregate
with the carbon brake disks. By the way such brakes are used now in the Formula
1 Championship. I think it should be noted that applying such kind of brakes
decreases the opportunity of making overtaking in classic slip-stream (later
braking). But in the city is not so important as in the race. And the third
component of the compound car’s complex about which I would like to tell you is
the electronic stuffing. It must include the system of control under every
car’s knots, navigating system, steering control, against impact system and
others.
By the way about
electronics. As it was said the future according to my subjective opinion will
represent technological epoch. The computers will be used in any sphere of our
life; they will help us to simplify our being as much as possible. The computer
will percolate everywhere. The human won’t be able to imagine his life without
computer. It will help him, I mean human, at the work, in the street, on the
rest, certainly at home, for example on kitchen. If you will wish to see a
movie the computer will offer you the numerous films using its possibility of
connecting to the central database of movies. The same instance can be given in
the case of books but of course with necessary note that the desirable book
will be available only on the screen of the computer or no doubt you can print
it but it will take some period of time, some quantity of paper and thereafter
– money.
I have mentioned
the pitiable rests of the parks, museums and, I am afraid, even theatres. Yes I
flatter myself to suppose that that very technological epoch will completely
absorb and destroy all the sensuality and spirituality of the human essence.
Yes maybe the human race will reach the new level of developing and producing
but the main kernel of life – the human nature will be lost forever!
Performed by the student of the
group I-4-4
Moskalenko Anthony
Moscow. 1999 year.