The Publishing House "Mann, Ivanov and Ferber" represents a book of honor professor of the Greek language and literature of the University of Bristol, Richard Bakston "Greek mythology that formed our consciousness" (translation by Julia Agapova). Greek myths are the key to understanding the entire European culture. And even to understanding the human psyche. Since Sigmund Freud came to this conclusion, ancient mythology also determines our ideas about ourselves.

The most interesting of our notes in the week: A regular participant in our project “After”, lawyer and political scientist Vladimir Pastukhov - about the difference between totalitarianism and authoritarianism: “ Totalitarianism has a fundamentally different nature than authoritarianism. <...> In the authoritarian (or, as it is also called, a "police") state the primary source of illegal violence is the power that extends numerous metastases to the fabric of society.

The Channel "Polls and Measures" with reference to the study of the Superjob portal reports: “ 17 % of Russians say they are afraid of the development of artificial intelligence . 43 % are not afraid, and 40 % find it difficult to answer. Why are they afraid (contextual analysis of comments on the survey): 1. Replacement of human activities / loss of jobs. 2. Lack of control of the development of artificial intelligence. 3. Degradation of mankind. 4. The emergence of uncontrolled situations. 5.

On March 2, as part of the Public Lectures Polit.ru in the Moscow club “Club”, the poet Lev Rubinstein talked with Ivan Davydov about current and past matters, and also read poetry and prose. I. Davydov: I wanted to start like that.

Australian historian Nicholas Stargardt, author of the book about Nazi Germany, “Mobilized Society”, which in 2022 became one of the main intellectual hits of the Russian book market, in an interview “New Newspaper. Europe": “... In order not to conduct an equal sign between Nazi Germany and modernity, it is important to understand two things. The first is not all authoritarian regimes and dictatorships fascist in nature.

Historian Nikolai Mitrokhin writes: “... The main thing that became clear with the advent of the Internet is that journalists are by no means expressing“ public interests ”. They express the interests of either their employers, including large corporations, and the state, and local authorities, and specific communities, such as the same church, or their social environment, usually more educated, liberal and, mildly, prone to diversity in all issues than the country's population.

A regular participant in our project “After”, lawyer and political scientist Vladimir Pastukhov writes: “ Since the fish rots from the head, it will have to be ventilated from the same side. First of all, it will be necessary to restore the independence of senior vessels. I believe that their division into supreme and constitutional in practice did not justify itself.

The founder of the Superjob portal Alexei Zakharov writes: “ It is necessary to change the education system in Russia not from above, but from below. And you will have to start with primary school teachers. First you need to sharply increase the requirements for them and raise the salary 2-3 times. Then - go to high school teachers, etc. Why is it, and not otherwise? Because the quality of higher education largely depends on the quality of applicants.

Economist Yakov Mirkin writes: “ The society processed by propaganda of people is ineffective. Sovereign people, service people, people of verticals, people with myths planted in them are sharply limited in inventing, freely adapt to new situations, to be “full forward” - in innovation, in development. These are people with an eye, twisted people. Free, without fear, thinking is the basis of any victories of some societies over others. The people of the anthill only spend them . ”

Greek myths are the key to understanding the entire European culture. And even to understanding the human psyche. Since Sigmund Freud came to this conclusion, ancient mythology also determines our ideas about ourselves. The figure of Prometheus inspired Mary Shelley and Ridley Scott to create fantastic plots. The tragedy of Medea had a deep influence on the theater, feminism and even criminology. The mythical Amazons became the prototype of the most famous warriors-from Zen to the Wonder Woman.

The persecution of Soviet power to the Russian Church was such that it was not to say about their faith, but even silently follow it as a feat. The new martyrs and confessors, glorified in the face of the saints did not come: believed, prayed and meekly went to their Calvarys. “Polit.ru” recalls those who gave their lives for faith and by whose prayers the Russian Church is alive - even if almost nothing came to us besides the name.

Publisher Elena Shubina - in an interview with Vedomosti: “ The dick of the foreign agent on the book, I hope, in the future will simply become a sign of time, and such books - a bibliographic rarity . < ... > It is now important for publishers to work in a new reality and not give up. The authors will have to recall Aesopov language, literary allusions. The most fashionable writer will be Saltykov-Shchedrin . ”

TASS reports: According to 15 % of respondents, Cheburashka is a representative of animals, of which 47 % consider him a relative of Coala, 33 % he reminded the monkey, 14 %-a bear, and 6 % compared the character with the dog, the OKKO online cinema and the Rambler & Co media holding say. <...> "According to more than half of users, the homeland of Cheburashka is Russia. 51 % of users cast votes for this option. Africa gained 27 %, Europe and Australia - 11 % and 8 %, respectively.

On April 3, 1948, Valentin Dikul, the creator of the methodology for rehabilitation of patients with back injuries, was born. Personal business Valentin Ivanovich Dikul (72 years) was born in the Lithuanian Kaunas in the family of a military man. The child was premature, weighed a little more than a kilogram at birth. His father was shot by bandits in 1952, two years later, Dikul's mother died. Until the age of seven, the boy was brought up by grandfather and grandmother.

Economist Oleg Buklevishev - in an interview for the radio "Says Moscow": “ Talking about sustainable growth, that we reached the pre -crisis indicators, so far. It will have to be spent for some more time, even if there are no breakdowns, some new cardinal sanctions and the economy will not come to the wall. It was news that AvtoVAZ was getting up again in mid -May. Now, if there are more such events, then we just won’t wait for economic growth.