Ivan Alekseev answers the questionnaire

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INTERVIEW

“AVTO-GRAPH”: IVAN ALEKSEEV

Иван Алексеев отвечает на вопросы анкеты
1. How would you define yourself? Who are you?
I am a guide. A connective tissue. Mycelium. A person who introduces friends and like-minded individuals from different worlds to each other.
2. What do you believe in?
In the infinite power of consciousness.
3. When making the most important decisions, do you rely on reason or inner feeling?
Typically, my inner feeling prevails. Reason helps to articulate that feeling into words.
4. What is the most important thing in life for you?
Human interaction.
5. What brings you the most joy?
My family.
6. What saddens you the most?
Wars.
7. What do you think brings the most harm to a person and humanity?
A lack of empathy.
8. And what brings the most benefit?
The ability to accept differing opinions and build a constructive dialogue despite differences in views.
9. Which form of art affects you the most?
I find it very difficult to choose between music and literature.
10. Do you have a favorite quote or maxim? What is it?
“Everything is going to be OK in the end. If it’s not OK then it’s not the end.”
11. Which book you have read has been the most important for you?
Nadezhda Mandelstam — "Hope Against Hope."
12. Is there a person, past or present, whom you consider a role model?
For different aspects of life, I have different examples.
13. And the thirteenth question. What does Russia mean to you today?
It's like your father who killed your mother in front of you and then blames you for testifying against him.