About the book: 2013 / The modern world seems to be obsessed with innovation, everyone is casting spells about the unprecedented pace of scientific and technological progress. But in reality, everything is different: unlike the first half of the twentieth century, today there is growing resistance in the world to bold, fundamentally new inventions and scientific discoveries. A new era of obscurantism is coming, a new Inquisition is born. “Innovation” comes down to the endless use of old stock of knowledge accumulated decades ago. But is a gamma laser possible? Or obtaining water with fantastic bioactivity? For Russians, doomed to decline and biological degeneration after the monstrous sacrifices and losses of the last century, a breakthrough into new - the Sixth and Seventh - technological eras becomes a condition for national survival. However, are the current state, the “elite”, the Academy of Sciences and even the respectable public itself ready for such a breakthrough? While exploring the problem, we travel through different eras. We are transported from the present day to the turbulent days of the twentieth century and into a possible future. We encounter new inquisitors and mysterious inventions. Why have great innovators always faced attempts to destroy their inventions and discoveries? Why do “recognized specialists” and venerable “experts”, as a rule, turn out to be donkeys? And how can we generally remove resistance to the breakthroughs we need in science and technology? "Ahnenerbe-2.0" instead of Skolkovo.