What is our reality – a matrix, the algorithms of someone else's games, or an expression of our will and the strategies we choose? Are people puppets of the gods, slaves of circumstances, prisoners of fate, or heroes who create their own lives? Philosophers, scientists, artists, and writers have been breaking spears over these questions for centuries. This book collects all the theories, hypotheses, historical passages, and modern life hacks for the reader to see how their worldview is formed and to understand how automatic programs and external experiences are embedded in our consciousness, imposing certain models, motives, and desires upon us. Realizing the role of a cog in a vast coordinate system, each person can find meaning and methods to escape this matrix, rising above the destiny that has been laid out for them. This book will help understand how to stop being a puppet and become the director of one's own life.
Andrey Makarov – professor, Doctor of Philosophy, cultural scholar, popular lecturer, television host, and publicist. Specializes in practical philosophy, the philosophy of cultures, the theory of memory, and the theory of generations.
