The Last Question by Issac Asimov [pdf]
Really enjoyed the read, even though I believe such vision of the future is impossible. We&#x27;ll just return back to the iron age with the end of fossil fuels.<p>For similar vibes I highly recommend my favorite of such speculations into deep future - The Next Ten Billion Years
By John Michael Greer [0]<p>And some encouraging quoutes:<p>&gt;100 years from now<p>&gt;Cornucopians still insist that fusion power, artificial intelligence, and interstellar migration will save us any day now, and their opponents still insist that human extinction is imminent, but most people are too busy trying to survive to listen to either group.<p>&gt;100 millions years from now<p>&gt;They are bipeds, but not even remotely human; instead, they belong to Earth’s third intelligent species. They are distantly descended from the crows of our time, though they look no more like crows than you look like the tree shrews of the middle Cretaceous<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.resilience.org&#x2F;stories&#x2F;2013-09-05&#x2F;the-next-ten-billion-years&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.resilience.org&#x2F;stories&#x2F;2013-09-05&#x2F;the-next-ten-b...</a>