In 1971, in his novel “Futurological Congress” Stanislav Lem made a disappointing forecast for the development of human society in the face of growing social confrontation and the rapid depletion of natural resources: the ruling circles, using chemicals, immersed the entire 2019-2020 humanity into a kind of virtual reality, an illusory world of almost complete abundance and well-being. Only a few can see the true state of affairs and only for a short time. The real reality is the complete collapse of civilization.
Also in his novel, he predicted the appearance of various
psychologically and behavioral types:
a primitivist is a dull-witted robot.
a moron - a simulation robot that doesn't want...