Philosophy involves synergetic, nonlinear (dialectical) and value vision of the world. Under its jurisdiction are subject to the meaning of life questions as "why" and "where." However, in the space of modern western culture dominates the technological one(m)сomp act of thinking, principally focusing on the human question: "how." author of this article considers the most dangerous misconceptions postmodern; One of them - the creeping abandonment of education, the basic vector which has traditionally been the desire to learn to think (and not the last role is played philosophy in the curriculum of universities), in favor of the programming of consciousness, the specifics of which must be assumed replicating facts. As a result of modern civilization is afraid, perhaps, no longer able to think of ways, even moving to the end of the world. The author sees in this person rejection of themselves as individuals.