Contours of the Noosphere in the Xxi Century: A Look Into the Future

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 was discovered, which reveals the noospheric unity of nature and humanity; content of noospheric intelligence as a civilizational asset; it shows the signs of noosphericity in the intellectuality of the individual; we foresee four stages of formation and development of noosphere society.