Economist Alexander Chulok — about what can wait for us in 15 years

Perhaps in the future we will overcome old age. Or maybe we'll be defeated by bacteria. Economist and forecaster Alexander Chulok discusses what the future depends on and what forecasts are most realistic

About the author: Alexander Chulok, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Director of the Center for Scientific and Technological Forecasting of ISIEZ NRU HSE. Changes will come from where they were not expected In most world forecasts, the person of the future is inextricably linked to technology: both in moderately conservative scenarios, which involve only the further technological modernization of economic sectors and digitalization of society, and in futurological scenarios, according to which by 2050 immortality, the colonization of Mars, the meta-universe, and the management of natural phenomena await us. The reality we will face in the next 15 years is likely to be a combination of individual elements of these now widely discussed forecasts and foresights. — RBC). The most interesting that 'miracles' of scientific and technological progress can arise, seemingly, from ordinary technologies which wide distribution leads to emergence of new quality of products and services. The thing is, h...