Isaac Asimov shouldn’t need any introduction. If you are a fan of sci-fi you are by then familiar with his work. I recently came across two shorts notes that he wrote in 1956 and 1980, revolving around the future of mankind.
They are two short stories, absolutely worth reading. I won’t add anything more because I don’t want to spoil them for you. I’ll just give you the two premises.
The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question came about as a result of a five dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way.
He was down there, sprawled, face contorted. He was up here, at peace and watching. […] And although that was a humiliating way for an atheistic physicist to die, he felt only the mildest surprise, and no alteration of the peace in which he was immersed.