The FutureBook is a unique global project, initiated and supported by Universal crowdsourcing Agency OmniGrade.

What is the FUTUREBOOK?

• The book about the future, that is, how human civilization will look like in 20-25 years (the term of the generation change - 22 years according to Herodotus)
• The book, created with the help of crowdsourcing - the most important source of the emergence of new masterpieces of human civilization in the future.
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In 2040, on Earth, in trade - the sort of human activity and industry that existed since the Stone Age, many new and unusual things will appear.

1. New sellers

In 2040, the stores will have a new category of sellers - their role will be taken by the goods themselves. The Internet of things is a great tool for the kettle to show how it turns on and off, to compare itself to similar models in the market and to discuss the discount from the...

Comfort is one of the key needs of a living being. "Fish looks for deeper water, man for better places to live ". Absolute masters of comfort are cats. We can say that the representatives of the cat family are the most comfort loving creatures.

Comfort is a very subjective thing. One needs feather pillows and ultra-soft furniture to achieve comfort, for another it’s enough to have a tent and fresh wind. One thing is certain: the fruits of...

"The perfect form of scientifically organized society is not merely a quantitative accumulation of productive forces but a qualitative stage in development... new social relations are as improbable without new people as are the new people without the new economy. When this was realized it led to the greatest attention being paid to education, to the physical and mental development of man. " Ivan Efremov, 1957, Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale...

In 2040, buttons will still continue to support the trousers of hundreds of millions of people, as well as help to fasten shirts, jackets, coats and blouses.

However, the role of buttons in displaying the individuality of each individual will increase. It will become a rule to wear shirts with buttons of different colors, shades and patterns. For example, on the same shirt, the top button can be green, followed by yellow, then blue and so on.

In the future, we will face the problems of lack of fresh water, safe residences, energy and food. The solution will be ocean farming using old oil platforms as a reliable anchor base in the middle of the ocean. Currently, only in the North Sea there are more than 1.4 thousand oil and gas platforms. Self-sufficient energy base will make it possible to extract minerals to heal and secure the steel structure. Entities can block high waves of...

Nowadays, health is one of the main values of life. Modern living conditions, the fast pace of life do not always help to monitor it.
It is very convenient if at home you can track minor changes in the state of the body.
Imagine an intelligent and virtual system that analyzes your condition every day and gives you recommendations.
For example:
1. When you woke up in the morning, they tell you about your dream and give recommendations for...

It has become very popular to write on the topic “What will the world (business, human relations, economy, etc.) be like when the COVID-2019 coronavirus pandemic ends”. I also decided to contribute to the thoughts on this subject, but from a slightly unusual point of view.

I won’t write about what the world will look like after the pandemic for a banal reason - I do not understand it yet. What I have read from others does not seem reasonable...