Serg Levine

Serg Levine09.01.2026

Among the eternal questions of humanity, such as “Who is to blame?”, “What is to be done?” and “Is there life on Mars?”, the question “What is the meaning of life?” occupies a special place. Everyone faces this existential problem. Some sooner, some later. You can live for half a century without ever considering the […]

Serg Levine27.10.2024

It would be fair to admit that neural networks have truly learned to do impressive things by now. Neural networks are already beating chess champions, recognizing a specific human face among many thousands of others, forecasting the weather, and even creating something like works of art that are sometimes so unexpectedly interesting that it makes […]

Serg Levine14.05.2024

In fairy tales, the battle with the dragon has long been the main feat of every knight-hero, but sometimes in real life even from a child no less than genuine heroism can be required. What boy didn’t dream as a child of becoming a hero and definitely fighting the most terrible dragon? After all, defeating […]

Serg Levine27.05.2023

It is not difficult to notice that directors from different countries have their own special preferences in the selection of comedy stories. In Russia, for example, this is army humor and crime stories, and in France, of course, cooking and romance. But it would seem difficult to find a more inappropriate moment and place for […]

Serg Levine17.01.2023

The Russian military special operation is one of the most discussed topics in the world media. The attitude to what is happening in Ukraine back in 2014 split the world into “before” and “after”, and eventually led to the current world confrontation and direct conflict between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022. Russia found itself […]

Serg Levine26.12.2022

In a fancy Parisian Café, an uptight bourgeois discovers he forgot to bring his wallet and bides his time by ordering more coffee. “French Roast” is a 2008 French computer-animated short film created by Fabrice Joubert. It received ANIMA – Córdoba International Animation Festival award in 2009. The storyline is very simple. A disheveled man […]

Serg Levine09.06.2022

The invitation of friends to the drum show “The Sea of the Blue Forest” at the Teatrium was a complete surprise for me, but I immediately accepted it, because I really wanted to compare the Russian version of the performance with the performance I saw at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas back in 1993. And […]

Serg Levine27.05.2022

“Do not look at what is against the rules, do not listen to what is against them, do not say what is against them” – Confucius (孔子 Kung Tzu), “Conversations and Judgments” (論語 Lun Yu). In many countries of the world, today it is customary to give friends and relatives as a sign of a […]

Serg Levine02.02.2022

On February 1, former Tokyo Governor Ishihara Shintaro died, who gained notoriety for his willingness to defend his tough stance. Ishihara was 89 years old. Ishihara arguably gained the most notoriety in the world after announcing Tokyo’s intention to buy the Senkaku Islands in 2012. At the time, he stated that by purchasing the islands […]

Serg Levine19.12.2021

In the modern world, if you want real freedom from the tastes and preferences of others, and most importantly – you want to know exactly the contents of your plate, you just need to cook yourself or you need to go to a restaurant where the chef is a good friend of yours. I have […]

In Search of Ikigai

Present Limits of Neural Network Capabilities

How to Defeat the Evil Dragon Within Yourself

A Very English Funeral

The Invisible Battle of Russian Scientists vs. Liberal Bureaucrats

The 1980s French Roast

Show of Japanese drummers, or taiko rhythms on the Russian stage

See no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil

Ex-Tokyo governor Ishihara Shintaro dies at 89

Ganmodokis “that which resembles a goose”

In Search of Ikigai

Russophobia as a “Sacred Mission” of the Nazis

A Monetary System Based on Debt

The Apocalypse of 1917