Human activity is determined by his consciousness, his values, goals and decisions. This activity has led to a global crisis of our consumer civilization, threatening her death. Here the main role is played by such negative properties of consciousness as insatiable consumerism, aggressiveness and excessive egoism. The article discusses debatable issues about the possibility of changing these negative properties during the development of science and technology. The importance of neuroscientific

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... tudies of consciousness is examined, especially the study of those brain functions and information processes on which a person's ability to control his consciousness and change its persistent dispositional structures depends. The theoretical and practical difficulties of solving such problems are clarified. The question is whether there is a real possibility of their solution? There is no definite answer to this question in the scientific community yet. But we must maintain an optimistic perspective.