Today, information is available anywhere, anytime. Millions of websites, endless social media feeds, constant notifications, and streams of messages create an environment where the brain is constantly overloaded. Instead of facilitating access to knowledge, technology is increasingly becoming a source of cognitive overload, making it difficult to focus, analyze, and think deeply about information. Neuroscience shows that our brains are not designed to process large amounts of disparate inform...

Today, information is available anywhere, anytime. Millions of websites, endless social media feeds, constant notifications, and streams of messages create an environment where the brain is constantly overloaded. Instead of facilitating access to knowledge, technology is increasingly becoming a source of cognitive overload, making it difficult to focus, analyze, and think deeply about information. Neuroscience shows that our brains are not designed to process large amounts of disparate inform...

AI has learned to imitate human closeness — and this illusion has begun to turn into a vulnerability. What yesterday looked like a joke from Black Mirror is now confidently penetrating everyday life: millions of users are building trusting and even romantic relationships with digital assistants, from Replika and Character.ai to GPT bots running on local models. Developers are investing millions in creating personalized dialogues, while users are already calling their bots “partners,” “lovers,...

AI has learned to imitate human closeness — and this illusion has begun to turn into a vulnerability. What yesterday looked like a joke from Black Mirror is now confidently penetrating everyday life: millions of users are building trusting and even romantic relationships with digital assistants, from Replika and Character.ai to GPT bots running on local models. Developers are investing millions in creating personalized dialogues, while users are already calling their bots “partners,” “lovers,...

A meeting, an important project, a tense atmosphere. And then one of the managers, with the air of an expert, declares: “We knew from the very beginning that this approach would work!” Everyone around nods in agreement, admiring his insight. But you remember how just six months ago this same person was pushing for a completely different idea! What’s going on? Is he lying? A hypocrite? Most likely, no. And, most likely, these are the tricks of cognitive distortions - cunning traps that our own...

A meeting, an important project, a tense atmosphere. And then one of the managers, with the air of an expert, declares: “We knew from the very beginning that this approach would work!” Everyone around nods in agreement, admiring his insight. But you remember how just six months ago this same person was pushing for a completely different idea! What’s going on? Is he lying? A hypocrite? Most likely, no. And, most likely, these are the tricks of cognitive distortions - cunning traps that our own...