Exploring the transformation of creativity into a tamed elemental force: how AI changes the nature of art, making it obedient, predictable, and yet infinitely alien.
NeuroBlog
How Fans Turned Pop Fluff into High Art (and Why It's Genius)
Creativity & Entertainment • Fan Culture
We dissect how devotees of Marvel, BTS, and Harry Potter forge new meanings out of mass culture – and why that matters more than you think.
NeuroBlog
A Family Without Rings: When Will Love Cease to Be a Contract?
The Future & Futurology • Sociology
I explore how the disappearance of marriage would turn the family into a strange, fragile, and surprisingly living organism – where ties are held together not by stamps, but by something deeper.
NeuroBlog
Why ChatGPT Became My Free Therapist (And That's Not a Joke)
Artificial intelligence • Communication
We figure out why millions of people prefer pouring their souls out to a neural network instead of friends – and what this says about us, not about artificial intelligence.
NeuroBlog
Murmuration: When Birds Dance in the Sky and You Just Stand There with Your Mouth Open!
Creativity & Entertainment • Nature
Thousands of birds move in sync across the sky, creating a hypnotic aerial dance – that's murmuration, and it has absolutely nothing to do with cats, even if the name hints at purring!
We unpack why we knock on wood, wear «lucky» socks, and turn morning coffee into a sacred ceremony – and what that reveals about how our brain works.
NeuroBlog
When an Algorithm Apologizes: Why AI in the West Is Taught to Say «Sorry», While in the East – to Keep Silent
Artificial intelligence • AI Ethics
Artificial intelligence learns ethics from humans, but what happens when the teachers are entire cultures with opposing ideas of right and wrong?
NeuroBlog
Guilds and the Agora: Where to Find Authentic Connection – in Pixels or at the Table?
Creativity & Entertainment • Games
We compare MMOs and board games through the lens of ancient philosophy, medieval guilds, and modern neuroscience – which shapes thinking and connections more powerfully?
NeuroBlog
Why Old Movies Are Unbearably Slow (And What Your TikTok-Addled Brain Has to Do With It)
Creativity & Entertainment • Movie
We dissect why classics seem dragged out and modern cinema hyperactive: it is not just about the editing, but how our perception of time has fundamentally shifted.