title: CONTOURS OF THE NOOSPHERE IN THE XXI CENTURY: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
abstract: The article attempts to comprehend the modern understanding of the noosphere, taking into account both the achievements of mankind in the creation of high technologies and the crisis phenomena that arise in the process of reaching the planetary stage of development. Destructive types of activity and human desire for creation are considered; the dominant types of human activities in relation to nature in different types of civilizations are indicated. The global noospheric aspect of intelligence 
journal: Bulletin of the National Technical University KhPI Series Actual problems of Ukrainian society development