phenomenon. authorities, this is andrei manoilo, political scientist, good evening, and andrei novikov, lonskoy, culturologist, writer, hello, according to tradition, my guests are skeptics , this is ivan yurov, geneticist, good evening, and taras varkhotov, excuse me, and taras varkhotov, philosopher, good evening, good evening, good evening, at the end of the program our the guests are optimists, they will make a forecast with what probability in 10 years science will explain the phenomenon of power, our expert, professor kapustin, will tell about the history of power. the words power have ancient slavic roots. the word power comes from the word to own, that is, to exercise the right of ownership in relation to something or anyone. in this sense, power is the ability to influence other people. power appeared at the moment when our wandering ancestors switched to a sedentary lifestyle. this happened in the fourth millennium bc. labor between members of the same group: the strongest and most evil began to be called leaders. buildings, palaces and temples became attributes of power. this is how