Feodor Shkrudnev

The modern era is not merely a moment in time — it is the point of total human saturation. Everything that has accumulated over the last 18,000 years in the human mode of being under external control — distorted forms of thought, perverted mechanisms of social organization, excessive passions, and parasitic structures — has now reached a critical density. This density is not physical, rather it is energetic-informational. It represents that very RESIDUAL LAYER, molded from functions which people performed not as individuals, but as operational elements within someone else's control system. Long epochs of interventional oversight shaped the human not toward unfolding and development, rather toward optimal suitability — suitability for the execution of imposed and thus deeply alien meanings.

Nowadays, modern Man lives in the time of extreme technology and information saturation - and at the same time - in the state of deep internal disorientation. He is surrounded with explanations, but does not understand the point of them; he is able to measure, but is not able to distinguish; he knows how the world works, but has lost the understanding of why he is in this world.

The beginning of the third millennium has raised questions before the civilization, the answers to which will determine the future of the Individual and Society. The landmarks of freedom, equality and fraternity, which once inspired the movement towards social justice, have now given rise to the other side - the post-industrial era of MASSIVE FLIGHT from responsibility.

If our achievements in science are not that great, then our understanding of science itself - its nature, its limits and meaning - is EVEN LESS. We are used to working in a narrow field of science and almost NEVER CONSIDER knowledge AS A WHOLE. We do not ask questions - we answer those already formulated. We DO NOT DESIGN - we implement. Nowadays we are builders, but NOT ARCHITECTS.

I wrote this article at the beginning of 2016. But in the events happening today, in my opinion, what was stated then is more relevant now. And so it should be. Then, we did NOT QUITE correctly understand the processes that were gaining strength and that brought us to the present times, having made us exactly what WE ARE now. I will add to what was written from the position of today, in my opinion, what is relevant today and explains a lot.

According to the Eastern calendar, 2024 is the Year of the Green Wooden Dragon. It is believed to be PROSPEROUS and HAPPY, and a good time for starting NEW VENTURES and projects. We are entering an unusual, engaging, and eventful year. However, we do not live solely by the Eastern calendar. Together with you, we live with an understanding of what is happening today, and based on our knowledge, we foresee what lies ahead for us.

Nowadays we live in the society that has neither purpose, nor idea. And without them, any society is NOT JUST dying, it is becoming demoralized. I am sure that in such a situation, the best minds should focus not on discussing the ongoing, but on the reason that generates these events. If it drips from the ceiling, you have to fight with the hole in the roof, not with the puddle on the floor. Naturally, everyone will answer all the life questions put to him in one way or another. Whether he comprehends it or not is the second question. The main thing is that he will definitely live his life in one direction or another. If he chooses the direction himself, he is a Person.