Political scientist Daniel Traisman about the chances of the United States to turn into a dictatorship, and in the rest of the world - into the kingdom of "information authoritarism" Daniel Traisman. Photo: Yuri Samolyago / TASS In connection with a number of political events - from the election of US President Donald Trump to the growth of the popularity of right -wing movements in Europe - forecasts about the imminent collapse of democracies are increasingly sounding.

This week, the creator of the Twitter microblog service, Jack Dorsie will testify in the congress. Senators are likely to ask him whether he personally decides whose account needs to be blocked, but whose does not. For many users, and even company employees, this remains a mystery. As a rule, Twitter focuses on user complaints and after that decides on blocking. But, as the newspaper Wall Street Journal found out , Dorsie can also influence the process - and even did it last summer.

A person’s attitude to his future death is one of the main issues of any religion. It is believed that people who are on the verge of life and death and survived the traumatic experience almost inevitably turn to God. Scientists from the United States who examined religiosity among military personnel confirmed: participants in real battles, especially those who were injured, are really strengthened in faith - at least they tend to visit services more often and pray.

In Moscow, an open Accelerate conference will be held on the territory of the Expocenter on October 2–3 - one of the most striking and large -scale activities for business and IT, which will visit more than 3,000 participants. Top managers and experts of the largest organizations in Russia will gather on one site to share the experience of accelerating business in the digital era.

Science and technology do not stand still. A couple of years pass - and one or another area of ​​life is radically changing. In the Update column, we ask experts to help us to ripen for changes. Republic spoke with the Vice President of the Support Fund “Science for Life Extension” and the Director General of the Youthereum Genetics research company Yuri Tigin -about how and when humanity wins aging.

Paper books, contrary to fears, did not become a victim of progress. But the increasing consumption of electronic information is indicated by psychologists and linguists, changes the specifics of reading - it becomes more superficial. And this habit can apply to traditional books.

The meeting of the patriarchs of Cyril and Bartholomew in Istanbul. Photo: Osman Orsal / Reuters When Patriarch Kirill left Istanbul, where he met with Patriarch Bartholomew, the observers looked at every detail - a rejection of a joint dinner, lapidar comments that did not inspire special optimism.

Nestle japan preparation set. Photo: Kentaro Takahashi / Bloomberg The world's largest food company, which gave the world milk chocolate, Maggi cubes and Kitkat waffles, was concerned about the health of its consumers. She joined the trend of personalized nutrition, mixing artificial intelligence, DNA testing and fashion on Instagram.

Theater director Konstantin Bogomolov answers the article by Oleg Kashin “Serebrennikov and Bogomolov. Two risks of the same model of the relationship of the artist and power. ” Oleg Kashin wrote a rather calm text about the latest events related to mine, and not only my name. Calmness of the tone allows you to enter into dialogue and comment on the text and arguments, and much of what happened around me. So, Criticism of the ability of judgment.