How are our habits, preferences, and tastes formed? It turns out that they are not only consequences of the choices we once made, but also shape our future choices themselves. And not only positive, but also negative. Thus, since childhood, we get used to avoiding something that we once already rejected, preferring it to something new…
Australian scientists have noticed a specific technique that Aborigines use to remember information. They simply start making up stories, which are fairy tales and myths in our “civilized” understanding. Archaic mnemonic techniques were cooler than modern ones
Sergey Samokhvalov is a pioneer of new markets on the world map and the main integrator within the company. A mechanical engineer by education, he believes that one of the most valuable assets of a firm is trust-based relations between partners and alignment at the value level. «We are out of the way with those whom we are out of the way with», — this is what Sergey succinctly says about the life philosophy of partners
Vlad Shkolnik: «SHERP is an incredibly versatile vehicle, which is its uniqueness. SHERP floats worse than a boat and moves in the mountains worse than a quad bike, in snow — worse than a snowmobile, in a swamp — worse than a hovercraft, but its whole point is that it travels everywhere»
Alfred Schnittke about Alemdar Karamanov: «You have no idea what kind of person he is», — he said, — «when you see and hear him, you will immediately realize that he is a genius and a living classic»
The IT business responds to any challenges faster than traditional industries. In the next decade, remote work will replace many office jobs. Perhaps, it will lead to the outflow of qualified employees from big cities, will save the travel industry, which was undercut by quarantine, and will contribute to the development of outsourcing
Yuval Harari: «In the pursuit of health, happiness and power, man will change first one of his traits, then another, then a third, and so eventually he will cease to be human. We are happy when reality meets our needs. The trouble is that the more comfortable life is, the more exorbitant the demands»
What is the oldest color? What colors do different nations paint the world in? Why did Ford think his factories should only produce black cars? What colors sell better? Are the colors and sounds in ancient incantations and modern advertising slogans random? These and other questions will be answered in this article
On the occasion of the 165th anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, Huxley presents a discussion of the phenomenon known as the «Freudian reservation», which is a kind of key to our unconscious
Vadim Perelman is a director whose debut film, House of Sand and Fog, received three Oscar nominations. In 2020 he released a new film, «Persian Lessons».
Earlier, Huxley published an interview with the director after the premiere of «Persian Lessons» at the Berlinale, now we reflect on the important things through the prism of the film
The experiment brought the scientist such fame that the Pope expressed his desire to meet him personally. «The Mouse Universe» showed that an isolated environment, where there are no viruses, where it is warm and well-fed, changes the collective consciousness not for the better