Abstract
The article deals with the most important issues for the humanities related to epistemology, modern culture of Kazakhstan and new trends in linguistics. The authors draw attention to the important components of human resource, which are necessary in a period of rapid technological development and become in demand along with the IQ in conditions of social distancing. The authors express concern on one-sidedness of the education in humanities in modern society and the growing competitiveness of artificial intelligence over human one. The article touches upon the idea of the need to develop humanitarian knowledge and the inevitability of explanatory work to fill the gaps in such knowledge, preserve and pass it on to future generations to avoid the instability of mental laws governing speech activity in the context of the transition of educational and work activities to online mode. From the position of lectures of Russian, English, the authors of the article provide the results of surveys and their observations as a source for further scientific research. Particular attention is paid to the issues of changing linguistic paradigms in the conditions of post-computer era, namely, the transition to a macro-paradigm (cognitive-communicative paradigm). The idea of the humanization of education and the development of emotional intelligence, linguistic education is substantiated; issues related to updating the content of secondary (and preschool) education in Kazakhstan, which require reconsideration of the regulatory documents governing the educational process, are raised. In this regard, attention is drawn to the development of a personality with various qualities that correspond to the modern needs of professionalism, as well as emotiveness, team spirit.