Festival of Happiness – Among Kindred Spirits
Фестиваль Cчастья в кругу единомышленников

On August 1st, we’ll begin at 3:00 PM with a lecture by Roman Belykh. He’ll tell teenagers and interested adults how mathematics has permeated our lives and transformed them into a science. This will be a scientific and entertaining lecture with jokes and magic tricks. We’ll discuss how the Sumerians counted on their fingers and how Mendeleev invented the periodic table. We’ll talk about determinism and chaos. We’ll discuss space, time, and all things dark matter.

The speaker promises to be gentle and to answer questions from the audience.

At 5:00 PM, psychologist and HR consultant Olga Kuzovatkina will give a mini-lecture with interactive elements about procrastination.

At 6:30 PM, Elena Rezanova, author of the bestseller “Never-Someday,” will share her thoughts on how to decide on change, how to muster up the courage to quit an unloved job, and how to stop putting your life on hold.

At 7:30 PM, we’ll talk with Oleg Greshnev, an AI architect, about artificial intelligence and the new challenges it poses.

From 8:30 PM, sociologist Anna Kuleshova will present a talk on love and (non)exclusive relationships (with slides and real-life examples).