Modern technologies as a threat to the national mentality

Relevance. The national mentality is the fundamental basis of a nation existence. It increases the adaptive potential of its native speakers, allows them to preserve their identity and exist as a single group united by nationality. Modern technologies as an integral attribute of the present inevitably interact with the national mentality, which is an important component of the life of society. Subject. Destructive potential of modern technologies in relation to the national mentality. Therefore, the author considered informational, cognitive and psychological technologies among the many varieties of modern ones. Since they act as channels for transmitting destructive information that threatens the national mentality, which is a source of information for the nation in all significant spheres of life. Aim. To consider the declared modern technologies as threats to the national mentality as the basis of society vital activity. Methods. A philosophical and cultural approach, as well as psychological and anthropological analysis, through which the foundations of a modern society existence were discovered. The society despite its focus on technological progress and the possibilities of modern technologies, does not completely deviate from the values of the national mentality. Results. The author determined the influence of modern technologies on the national mentality, which is of a negative nature. This allows us to summarize that new technologies not only simplify life and bring it to a higher level of development, but also undermine its foundations, becoming a threat. Conclusions. Modern technologies can pose a threat to the national mentality if they are used in information, cognitive and psychological wars, as well as in the case of ill-conceived actions aimed at positively influencing it. Often, the war of meanings (the war of the new generation) is referred to as an information and psychological war using the latest achievements of science and technology, including information, cognitive and psychological tools. Further research in this area is very promising, since at present the confrontation between two opposite processes – globalization and regionalization – is growing, intercivilizational contradictions are
increasing, and developments in the field of improving methods of non-kinetic warfare, which often appears as an image of the Third World war, are continuing.