The emergence of a “gray mass” living short lives and “gods” who gain access to life-extension technologies; the end of the romantic phase in the development of artificial intelligence; the transformation of outer space from a realm of discovery into a field of industrial and military rivalry; the subordination of science to the logic of geopolitics; and the further integration of Belarus’s academic environment into Russian industrial and military chains as a technological back office — these are the forecasts for 2026 outlined for Belsat by chemist and science popularizer Siarhei Besarab.
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Belarusian scientist predicts deepening inequality and militarization of science in 2026
