Modern science and engineering with Ivan Stepanyan

Post-Technology and Man-Machine Society: the Conceptual Lag is Much More Dangerous than the Economic and even Technological Lag, says Futurologist Sergei Pereslegin

Sergei Borisovich Pereslegin is the director of Knowledge Economics Center at the International Scientific-Research Institute for Management Problems, scientific director of “Knowledge reactor” project group and a specialist in the field of future forecasting and modeling (psycho history).

Today we are talking with Sergey Pereslegin on the subject of the Sixth (VI) techno-economic paradigm:

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All Andorra news / Culture

New exhibition on Biodiversity is available at the Tobacco Museum until January 20, 2019

The Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Sustainability, Sílvia Calvó, and the President of the Fundació Julià Reig, Déborah Ribas, inaugurated the SOM BIODIVERSITY this Wednesday, which can be visited at the Tobacco Museum until January 20, 2019.

The exhibition is organized by the Tobacco Museum and the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Sustainability and sponsored by …

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Architecture of the world on the paintings by Joan Mañé

Architecture of the world: The castle of Sant Ferran in Figueres – the largest monument of Catalonia. Ink & pencil image

The castle of Sant Ferran in Figueres (Castell de Sant Ferran) is the largest monument of Catalonia, 140 km from Barcelona. It is a military fortification, located on more than 30 hectares, and consisting of 6 bastions. Ink & pencil image, 2014.

Look here for details about the author of the blog, Catalan artist, Joan …

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All Andorra news / Society

On 31st October Andorra will celebrate its official holiday – the day of chestnut (la Castanyada)

La Castanyada—a national holiday of Catalonia (the day of chestnut) is widely celebrated in Andorra. The name of the holiday derives from the word castanya—that is translated as “chestnut”. Chestnuts can be bought here on Allhallow Day Eve (Tots Sants) that coincides with a second popular Halloween—at night from October 31 till November 1. On …

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