Аннотация:The development of human society is a dialectical process based on a clash of contradictions. Contradictions in the epoch of globalization seem to be the following: 1) A contradiction between technical and human factors. 2) Contradictions of the ever-growing influence of the Internet both in its essence and its form. 3) A contradiction between the concepts of equality and diversity. Possible ways of solving the contradictory problems are discussed.