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Rice Attention! Smile, comrade! Don’t be bashful, don’t clam up… Let us continue tending to our usual affairs… Done! Svetochka—file it away in the case… that one, you know… well, you’re in the know…¹⁵⁴

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1. Who watches over the builder's work?

Who keeps an eye on the seller's labor?

Who oversees the warrior's service?

Who monitors the doctor's work?

Who keeps vigil over the electrician's craft?

Who supervises the programmer's work?

List, provide examples.

How far does control reach?

Substantiate your answer.

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2. Watch the films based on the novels by Sergei Lukyanenko: 'Night Watch' (2004), 'Day Watch' (2006), and 'Draft' (2018).

Check out the music video by Uma2rman, 'Night Watch,' on YouTube.¹⁵⁵

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3. If it strikes your fancy, read Sergei Lukyanenko’s series of novels, 'The Watches'—

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Вселенная_«Дозоров»

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Remember—keys to Understanding are strewn throughout the text not only by the author of this book!

A fairy tale—a lie.

There's a hint in there!

A lesson for valiant youths!

(folk wisdom, voiced by a classic)

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Rice Life—no sooner is it born than, whoooosh, off it goes! Blink and you'll miss it; before you know it, it’s already ended.¹⁵⁶

4. Identify and compile a list of significant events and processes in human society that are controlled by no one and nothing.

About ten.

Substantiate your answer.

Draw your conclusion.

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5. Suppose, for argument’s sake, that angels exist (uproarious laughter, the disorderly beating of wings, and countless soft bumps into floors and walls, all on the Astral—author’s note).

Alright, maybe, let's just suppose.

Who, purely in theory, could control this entire aviary—sternly, yet with absolute justice?

Consult that unimpeachable source of 21st-century truth—Wikipedia—and find an article on the subject.

To ensure you've located precisely the right article, gather a dozen candidates and treat them to an uncompromising casting, natural selection, and a good old-fashioned knife fight.¹⁵⁷

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Rice Over the course of life, there are three paths: to stand still, to move forward, or to step aside. And each must decide for themselves: are they a mere passerby, or the Temple itself?¹⁵⁸¹⁵⁹

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6. What is the zone of responsibility?

Can a hero simply stroll past a crime?

How is the zone of responsibility entwined with duty, power, privilege, and punishment?

Under what circumstances does each of these concepts awaken and manifest in the life of the common mortal?

How does an ordinary soul come by power? What does one receive along with power?

How does one lose power—and for what reason?

What responsibility falls upon the slave, and what upon his Mister?

According to ancient Roman law, if a crime was committed by a slave, who compensates the damage caused to a citizen?

How are rights and duties interconnected?

What is the meaning behind the Little Prince’s phrase, ‘We are responsible for those we have tamed’?

What is the meaning of Kant's phrase, 'Freedom is conscious necessity'?

What is your zone of responsibility? Why?

What is your power? Why?

Compose a table, diagram, poem, ode, or mosaic panel to show how these concepts are connected.

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Rice Years roll by, gathering into centuries. 'Confiscate and redistribute!' – comes the cry from every corner.¹⁶⁰

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7. What are the boundaries of responsibility, and why, whence, and for what purpose do they arise?

To grasp this—imagine a world with no boundaries of responsibility.

Conduct a thought experiment.

Write down your musings and conclusions.

Substantiate your answer.

Rice And just like that—click—fate—broken… or was it, as always, just my imagination?¹⁶¹

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8. What are key events? Why are they called 'key,' rather than something else?

Offer an example of The Ten key events from the war between the USSR and Hitler's Germany. Why do you consider them key points?

Give a few examples of events from WWII. Why do you consider them key points?

What are key points and positions on the battlefield?

Google it. Reflect upon it. Be inspired.

Provide examples of ten key positions on the map of the USSR during the war between the USSR and the Great Germany. Justify your choices.

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9. Returning to the subject of our chapter—why is human fate analogous to railway tracks?

Record your thoughts and conclusions.

Substantiate your answer.

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10. Familiarize yourself with the notion of the 'Emerald Tablet.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Tablet

What does the Law 'As above, so below…' speak of? Write down its full and proper formulation.

How is this Law entwined with analogies?

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11. In what language does the left, logical hemisphere of the human brain speak?

What does left-hemisphere dominance bestow upon human thought?

Provide examples of individuals with a vivid dominance of the left hemisphere.

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12. What language does the right, imaginative hemisphere of the human brain speak?

What does right-brain dominance provide in human thinking?

Give examples of people with pronounced right-brain dominance.

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Rice While the bookworms bleat and moo, Insta reigns and revels! (status of an unknown heroine).¹⁶²¹⁶³

13. Answer question 9 again, this time using the language of analogies to support and justify your conclusions.

Provide, in writing, ten analogies from this chapter as examples.

Which style of thinking predominates among men?

Which style of thinking predominates among women?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of left-brain versus right-brain dominance in thinking?

Which type of thinking is at the core of the exact sciences? For example, Programming?

Which type of thinking underlies the arts? For example, sculpture or Painting?

What gives rise to jargon?¹⁶⁴

Which dominant thinking style processes large quantities of real-world information more swiftly?

Why?

What sort of thinking characterizes a Magician, a Stalker, or a witch?

What kind of thinking do you possess?

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Rice Master, by the whiskers of the cat, how are you? Still not knocking yourself against the doorframe?¹⁶⁵

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14. In what language does the human Subconscious speak?¹⁶⁶

In what language does the human Superconscious speak?¹⁶⁷

Why do Gurus, prophets, and saints speak in parables and verse?¹⁶⁸

Why do scientists of the exact sciences and narrow specialists 'speak Chinese'?

How can we easily distinguish the musings of theoreticians from True statements?

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