All processes in nature are interconnected - planetary, geophysical, demographic, social, economic... Humanity is not countries and peoples, not races and nations, not classes and parties, it is a single living system. The entire multi-thousand-year history of civilization is a series of catastrophic natural disasters and humanitarian crises of various types. And the worst of them is “devastation in the minds.” It is precisely this misfortune that Alexander Nikonov consistently fights, helping his contemporaries rise to a higher level of generalization when understanding what is happening in the world processes and crises. It is difficult to hope that state leaders and the broad masses of domestic politicians will listen to the author’s recommendations. It’s a pity: decisive and consistent liberalization of the economy is the only way out of any crisis. For a wide range of readers.