This article presents the current problems of futurology and its classification. Here there is a need to expand the scope of the doctrine of futurology, since it can not be limited only to the future of humanity, so we can conclude that " futurology is a doctrine of great practical importance for humanity as a whole, studying the content of the measurement of time in the future." Such problems as the global problems that concern humanity at the present time, the contradictions between man and the world, the assertion and loss of hope and faith in the future, the boundlessness of the future and the clarity of time, require new knowledge, confirmation of one's own position of world perception and the formation of a different attitude to it.