The lockdown. I've been staying home since March 23. Not exceptions at all. The longest walks were on the balcony a couple of times 2 weeks ago. Actually, I should feel pretty weird, but I don't. I enjoy the food delivery service and cooking homemade food (by the way it really saves a huge amount of money). I can't help appreciating staying home and working remotely. I have no desire to return to my office. I'm about to ask the employer if it'll be possible to work remotely when it ends. There is much more free time for doing something useful. And, the most important, no problems with public transportation or parking! Yes, people are dying and it's awful and frightened me. I hope the world will be fine because people are strong enough. And I'm trying to be "look on the bright side" kind of person.

3.12.2019 (Day 17) In the century of the World Wide Web and significant scientific researches, it is an indisputable fact that information is the most valuable resource. Most people consider that sharing that information is a necessary impetus for moving further in all aspects of human development. Others have an opinion, that certain researches cost too much and some information is too important or too valuable to be shared freely. Both sides have arguments that have sense. Sometimes information is too dangerous to be shared immediately. For example, if zero-day exploits were shared worldwide in the moment of discovery, it would cause an unbelievable amount of fraud incidents. Nobody would be protected from this type of cheating and it's too risky. Or data can bring a huge profit for a limited number of people, who own it. Therefore they don't want to share it while they are able to get some money from it. On the other side, we have vital information, such as evidence of the health benefits of vaccination, that should be shared all over the world as soon as possible. I believe that it is good to share as much information as possible in scientific research, business, and the academic world. Sometimes usefulness of information decreases with time, and it's an additional argument for quick distribution. In conclusion, I want to say, that in most cases global social and scientific progress is more important than the momentary cost of information. It's critical for information to be shared immediately if it doesn't cause problems for other people.

26.11.2016 (Day 16) There is a point of view that media like the Internet, TV, and entertainment have a greater influence over people's lives than politicians, and I guess, it's true. Only a few people will watch a political TV show willingly. In several countries, people do not know anything about the world's political situation. But entertainment is one of the most important parts of our lives. It exists in so various forms that every person can find his or her favorite form of it. People consume a tremendous amount of entertainment content on a daily basis so it's obvious that it has an extremely huge influence on their personalities even in a passive way. There is a new word for people who are famous and have a huge impact on others: this is the term "influencer". If people see influencers frequently, they will be accustomed to listening to them and respecting their views. It's used for advertising or propaganda purposes. And, of course, governments of different countries are aware of it. In some countires like North Korea or China, radio and TV are strictly regulated by different laws. Politics control all forms of media and sometimes even prohibit or block Internet sites. Therefore people do not even know they could live differently. Media resources like the World Wide Web, TV shows, radio and podcasts have a remarkable impact on our opinion. This influence is even bigger than politics have. Realizing this, governments of different countries in the world strictly control mass-media to avoid community tension.

24.11.2019 (Day 15) There is an opinion, that professionals of the most important fields, like doctors and teachers, should be paid more than they have now. On the other side, we have a lot of professions in entertainment or sports, like football players, actors, and singers, that are paid more, than it should be. Of course, entertainment is a very influential field, but the basic needs of our society are more significant. It would be the right thing to start with health and education. I consider, that doctors, firefighters, and teachers are more necessary than actors or basketball players. And salary should correlate to the importance of a profession, or, at least, salaries of all professions should be comparable. I think, if teachers were paid more, we would have a better society. If doctors all over the world had bigger salaries, we could live longer. Not all of the artistic people make colossal money, only extremely famous artists, actors, and musicians are overpaid. This money isn't necessary for them. If we gave some money from their fees to the educational sector, it would make children smarter. In conclusion, I want to say, that in many countries we have a lot of heavily overpaid professions in certain fields, like films, music, and sports or even overpaid famous people. It would be more sensible if doctors, teachers and other basic-needs professions had more money. People, that are able to save lives, should be more well-paid, than people, that entertain audiences. It could make a difference in our world.

22.11.2019 (Day 14) Many people in the world live with their roommates, especially students because they don't have enough money to rent their own flat or house. Some of them have to live with roommates because of sharing the dormitory's room in university or school, others prefer living with their friends not to feel lonely. But no one wants to share a room with a lousy roommate. There are some important qualities of nice roomies. At first, a good flatmate should be good-natured. It will be a complete disaster when evil, quick-tempered and unbearable people live with others. Each of them shouldn't be selfish and must take into account the interests of the neighbor. So they should understand that their roommate is an equal person. For example, it is extremely rude to make a loud noise, when your roomie is asleep, or don't do dishes after a meal. In my opinion, they ought to be friends and help each other. If people are happy neighbors, it's almost a rule, that they have a similar outlook on life and everyday habits. It's difficult to live together when one of the neighbors wants to throw parties every day, and the other one prefers studying in quiet surroundings. And another significant matter is a comfortable time schedules, which allow roomies not to disturb each other. When different people live together, it's a pretty hard work not to have a row. In conclusion, I want to say, that living together is a difficult thing. Happy roomies are supposed to be helping with household chores and respect each other. Otherwise, living together will be an absolute catastrophe.

21.11.2019 (Day 13) Time is the most valuable resource in the modern society, we're always short of it. But almost every person wants to maintain a successful career, has a happy family, especially, spends time with their children, and does a hobby. But attempts to achieve it require an extremely huge amount of time, motivation and life force, which is why it is almost impossible. If people try to create a happy family, they will not have a successful career and vice versa. Of course, there are some exceptions, but they prove the rule. In an attempt to cope with all household chores and business subjects on their own, people become exhausted and more absent-minded. It will certainly affect their work and family relationships. But the division of responsibilities between family members or even hired people is a more reasoned alternative. Trying to make a career, men get married to housewives, who keep home, and women rely on babysitters or elders, who look after their kids. That way they can clear their schedules for work or a hobby. Maybe these people don't spend as much time with their families as they would like, but, in my opinion, it's the best approach to keeping balance. In conclusion, I want to say, that the only solution to the problem is choosing what is more important to you and focusing on it. If people attempt to keep up with work issues and family responsibilities at the same time, they will not be successful for a long time.

20.11.2019 (Day 12) There is a point of view that in the future we will have more leisure time because we will be replaced with machines and AI in household chores and at work. It has multiple pros and cons. In the future robots will become more intelligent so they will be able to substitute us in many types of activities. Even now computers can analyze an extremely huge amount of data in a short time. Also, computer vision has achieved unbelievable success in a wide range of projects. Robots are used everywhere: in war, science, factories, analytics. It will save a lot of human time, and people will have an opportunity to have a rest or do more enjoyable work in the years to come. People may be provided with additional job opportunities in the field of information technologies of engineering. It looks like a pleasant future, but there are some problems, of course. At first, machines labor will cause unemployment for many people, who don't work in machine maintenance or programming. Secondly, it more dangerous to rely on robots, because power issues or other factors, that don't bother humans, can produce unforeseen difficulties. In the future, many of the tasks we do at home and work will be done by robots. It will make some benefits like additional employment in IT or more leisure time. On the contrary, it can also create some new problems like unemployment in various fields, because people will be eliminated from their workplaces or unpredictable situations in case of machines' failure.

18.11.2019 (Day 11) Many people consider that spending money on space exploration or terraforming other planets is a complete wasting of money because we have countless problems on Earth. Other people, especially from developed countries, think, that space exploration is an extremely significant thing nowadays. Consequently, a view on space flights divides people into 2 warring groups. The first ones live in a moment so they are strongly convinced that money could be better spent on other causes like fighting cancer or delivering food for African people to the poorest countries. Their point is there is no sense in solving interstellar problems if we are not able to solve earthly ones. They persuade a policy of solving a little more down-to-earth problems but don't want to think about future generations. The second group are confident that mankind has to think about the next generations. Some people even believe that Earth is already lost hence we have to find another planet to live on as soon as possible. Others just want to know what is beyond our atmosphere, how black holes work, reach the planets from the furthest galaxies. There are so many unsolved problems in the world: incurable diseases, starving people, wars, climate changes and so on. If we were able to solve them, it would be an unbelievable success. But sometimes we could look to the future to ensure the life of our descendants, develop science, make remarkable discoveries even if it costs a huge amount of our money.

17.11.2019 (Day 10) Some experts consider that mankind should create a new language for international communications. It would be useful for making worldwide interaction between people easier. The creation of the language will contribute to minimizing misunderstandings and the culture of globalization. If everybody in the world knows the language, there will be no necessity to learn any other languages. And, of course, spelling and grammar of the language could be more obvious than the morphology of existing languages. A group of communication experts assume that the new language could make people's life more comfortable. A few scientists already made an experiment creating Esperanto. But in my opinion, we already have English as a language for international communications. Almost in every place in the world, somebody will be able to understand you at least a little if you use English. And if we developed a completely new universal language, nobody could force every human to learn it. Besides, not every person likes the process of globalization. Many ethnic groups want to keep the culture in safe, especially their own language. In conclusion, I want to say that there is no need to create a completely new language for global multicultural communication. Not many people want to learn a new language (as it happened with Esperanto). We already have English for that purpose. In spite of the coming century of globalization, all nations can keep their cultural backgrounds untouched. Using English makes multicultural interactions easier remaining different cultures safe and sound.