The phenomenon of the Russian Orthodox religious lobby on the Russian Wikipedia website is one of the most extreme examples of an aggressive lobby hijacking a Wikipedia site, in flagrant violation of the rules of the Russian Wikipedia and the ideals of the wider Wikipedia
It is common in social affairs that, when a phenomenon is widespread or worrying but it is little-known and little-studied, a series of myths and exaggerations arise, and come to define public perceptions of the issue. It then becomes increasingly difficult for anyone to form
There are some stories that one does not talk about out loud and such a story is described in the book “The Swaying Scene”. This book examines the fall of Cus D’Amato’s most prominent disciple: and the youngest world boxing champion in history, Mike Tyson.
The world is not what it used to be. A new situation requires new responses, a new approach to security for a world in which threats have multiplied and mutated. The reality is that we are constantly living with global threats. Hybrid wars, epidemics, pandemics,
The Internet has radically transformed the way people live their lives and conduct business. If someone from the 1960s was able to see into the present, what the world would be like in another 60 years, it would be utterly unrecognizable. Even in the last
In the information age, there are many technologies for manipulating public consciousness. One of the most famous and most controversial is the “Overton Window” or “discourse window,” named after Joseph Overton, an American lawyer and Vice-President of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Window
“Business is business”– what does this expression, which many people use to justify betraying their business partners, really mean? That there are a certain number of people jostling in a certain space who hate each other and don’t understand that they have to somehow live
Hundreds of new esoteric, psychological. and religious movements emerge in the world every year. New adepts smile even wider than the old ones and bring “magical harmony” into the lives of the “lost” and “less fortunate,” gathering into their ranks an ever-growing flock. “The Church
“It’s not enough to have evidence, you have to be able to draw good conclusions. Most people don’t know how to do that”. Dr. Oleg Maltsev The Internet and social media have changed the way we experience the world around us. With so many sources
