Do you think the prediction of the Soviet scientist Vsevolod Zubakov about the emergence of a cybernetic organism, made back in the 1990s, has begun to come true?

Do you think the prediction of the Soviet scientist Vsevolod Zubakov about the emergence of a cybernetic organism, made back in the 1990s, has begun to come true? After all, advanced artificial intelligence is not so very far from the state described. Be that as it may, I love infographics of this kind and, of course, scientific prophecies 🥲

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least

Do you think the prediction of the Soviet scientist Vsevolod Zubakov about the emergence of a cybernetic organism, made back in the 1990s, has begun to come true?

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s