anchor.diff:  In 2015 I wrote, "we started to value intellectuals, it’s becoming fashionable again to be smart and kind."
   This thing happened! I’m so excited about it. When I left Ukraine in 2010, it was still cool to be “cool” (in the sense of “bad boys”).
   While in Kyiv I saw a tremendous amount of small new libraries or coffee shops/libraries. 
  -Young people started were reading good Modern books. 
  +Young people started to reading good modern books. 
   I've met two software engineers, and how surprised I was when we realized that 3 of us read the same books 
   (e.g., Peter Thiel’s “Zero to One”). And I’ve got many good book recommendations.
   
  
positive.code: They were filled with people (both locals and foreigners).
  Those places were modern in all senses:
   
   - beautiful design - interior and brand - with attention to details
   - young, good-looking, English-speaking, _polite_ and _helpful_ personal. 
   This is a significant point, it wasn’t like that before at all. 
   Only 30 years ago our service industry was full of angry, bitter ladies working for state-owned enterprises
   - modern menu. Ok, when I saw browny,  merengue, marshmallows on the menu in Kharkiv - 
   I was both impressed but also started thinking about the speed of globalization. 
   That menu was no different from the one I see in San Francisco
   - tourist-ready. As I said, personnel could speak English, all the menus had English translations.
  
  
negative.code: Middle-aged Ukrainians are using Uber, asking about Bitcoin, buying drones, shopping online and using same-day delivery services.
  
  For me, I practically saw no difference between creative class in San Francisco, Hong Kong, London, and Kyiv.
  Forgetting about globalization issue, in general, I consider it to be a good thing for Ukraine at this particular moment in time.
  
  