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Красиве філософське аніме, сповнене спокійним спогляданням, що уславило японське світобачення.

У світі затопленому водою, де жменька людей продовжує вести неквапне життя серед величезних будівель, вже порожніх, де швидкісні шосе потроху заростають травою, а у містах, що пішли на морське дно продовжують загорятися ліхтарі по вечорах - у цьому світі існує господиня маленької кав'ярні, куди майже ніхто не заходить. Але вона продовжує щодня прибиратися та заварювати каву. Вона - андроїд. Її власник, людина, що відкрила колись кав'ярню, кудись пішов, залишивши її на господарстві. І вона чекає, їздить по околицях на моторолері, спілкується з небагатьма сусідами, що ще лишилися поруч. Та іноді їздить на закупи до Йокогами.

Дивовижно прекрасна анімація та чудовий саундтрек.

Унікальна світла атмосфера, без смутку, яка трохи нагадала мені оповідання Бредбері "Буде ласкавий дощ" (але жодного трагізму).

Колись рід людський таки піде з цього світу, і хотілося б, щоб ті, хто буде після нас, андроїди, чи ще хтось, принаймні розказували про нас хороші історії. Як оця.

The author gives us a glimpse in the possible future of the true global connectivity which corresponds with modern Internet approximately like a modern smartphones with the telegraph of 19th century. The author stands on the position of the cautious optimism, mentioning in the book the philosophy of Teilhard de Chardin as a possible description of the great yet unknown future. I, personally, have many doubts but I hope with all my heart that the beautiful future, to paraphrase a fomous soviet song, will not be too cruel on us, humanity.

The ancient Ukrainian pagan song dedicated to the vernal ritual of fertility sparks with new colors in such a modern arrangement!

Всіх з Новим Роком! :0)

Хай буде тепло в оселях ваших!

Holodomor - the genocide by the artificial famine created by the Communist regime in Ukraine
Never forget, never forgive.

I really enjoyed this short book written not by a historian-academician, a man who only studies history, but rather by the historian-practitioner, a person who indeed personally made a dent on the course of the XX century.
Sir John Bagot Glubb, you really should look him up in case you never heard this name before. A warrior and a politician he was genuinely interested in the course of the human race history. He did a lot of research and presented his disquisition in this short but very informative book. One could feel his experience, his deep knowledge and wisdom behind each phrase.
His analysis is far from the mainstream academic writing, his language is far from the politically correct newspeak that is so loved by so many modern scholars.
This book is published 1978 but the clarity of vision is simply stunning. For example, the author in not so many words literally predicted how the Soviet Union will meet its end while all of so called sovietologists failed to do so iven in the last months of the Soviet empire. Sadly, the writer didn't live long enough to see with his own eyes the realisation of his brilliant prognosis.
The book is dedicated to the subject of power, how different nations in different conditions managed to create mighty empires - and how all of them eventually failed, with a special attention to the similar pattern of such geopolitical developments in different eras and locations.
A very interested hypothesis about average lifespan of an empire gives us some food for thought concerning the fate of the mightiest among the modern empires - the USA. But given the author's thought about distinction between Roman Republic and Roman Empire this idea could be even more intriguing. I say no more not to spoil the pleasure of this work's future readers.
Shortly: strongly recommend to all interested in politics and history. A book written by such man that reading about him you understand how Brits managed to create such a vast empire.

 

Malheureusement, mon français est maintenant assez rouillé, donc je ne l'ai lu pas en original, mais en traduction anglaise. Ce livre me rappelle en quelque sorte 'Les mystères de Mithra' de Franz Cumont.

An interesting and deep study of the mythological roots of the concept of political sovereignty for the Indo-European peoples. It gives a reader some food for thoughts that is quite relevant even in modern political conditions.

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