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Renowned science fiction writer Isaac Asimov 50 years ago published a story in the American edition of The New York Times, which listed a prediction of how the world will be in 2014.




During his life, Asimov wrote over 500 books, including works of science fiction and scientific literature.

In the article "World's Fair 2014", which is how he will be in 2014, many of his predictions were correct.

Predictions for 2014:

1. "Mankind will seriously suffer from boredom, disease which will be distributed each year and become increasingly more pronounced. This will have serious mental, emotional and sociological implications, and I dare say that psychiatry is undoubtedly the most important medical specialty in 2014 ».



2. "A few lucky ones who will be engaged in the work of any kind, are the true elite of humanity, as only they can do more than the maintenance of machinery».



3. "People will continue to be separated from nature to create an environment that suits them more»



4. "kitchen equipment will be developed, which will automatically prepare food, heating water and turning it into coffee, toast bread, fry, boil eggs and make an omelet, bacon and brown, etc.»



5. "Robots are not very common and not so good in 2014, but they will be there».



6. "A lot of effort will be invested in the development of cars with" robot brain "- a machine that can be programmed to a specific destination to which they follow without interference drivers slow reflexes».



7. "Communication will be carried out through image and sound, and you can not only hear, but also see the person who called. The screen can be used not just to see the person you are calling, but also for the study of documents, photos, and read excerpts from the book ».



8. "In 2014, there is a great likelihood that the world population will reach 6.5 million people».



9. "In the world in 2014 will be less routine work that the machine will perform much better than lyudi.Potomu humanity will mainly race tracking for cars».



10. "In 2014, the unmanned spacecraft to land on Mars, although a manned mission will be to develop, and in 2014 will be presented a detailed model of the Martian colony».



11. "When the device will not be electrical wires. Instead, the equipment will be charged on long-term battery isotopes ».



12. "Nuclear power plants will meet the needs of more than half of humanity's energy».



13. "Scientists erected power in space, which will collect sunlight using a huge parabolic focusing devices and distribute the energy of the Earth».



14. "Communication to the Moon will be a little uncomfortable, and messages will be delayed by 2, 5 seconds. Similar conversations with Mars will be carried out with 3, 5 minute delay, even when Mars will be closest ».



15. "wallboard displace conventional televisions and can become transparent cubes with viewing 3D. At the World Exhibition in 2014 will be presented with a 3D TV, transmitting the image in full size, which you can watch the ballet ».



16. "In some parts of the world the average life expectancy will reach 85 years of age».



Books by Isaac Asimov

I, Robot
Base
Prelude to Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Bicentennial Man
End of Eternity
The gods themselves
Pebble in the Sky
Academy
Three Laws of Robotics

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