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Psychological Manipulation Series – Part 1: Introduction
In the “How to Know Yourself” series, we explored how individuals drifting through daily life can transform into those who know what they’re doing and why. We talked about how we lose touch with ourselves amid everyday busyness and how that distance quietly lowers our quality of life. Finally, we looked at how the questions
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Navigating Depression This Winter: Essential Questions to Ask Yourself
As winter sets in, it’s not just the flu that spreads like a virus—depression does too. The walls start to close in on you, the clouds weigh down on you, going to work feels like a burden, and even the simplest daily tasks begin to exhaust you. Add financial troubles and social relationship issues to
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ChatGPT in Coding: Insights and Challenges
I started working as a software engineer in April. For years, I had done nothing related to software. As an electronics engineer, software was something on the side that helped me as much as it needed to—or if we think of it as a language, it was something I had just enough of to express
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The Illusion of Autumn
It paints the world in colors, sets the horizon on fire, and makes us believe we’ve reached the peak of beauty.At least, that’s what we think.But in truth, it’s the slowest and most elegant funeral on earth. The trees aren’t blooming, the leaves aren’t shining.They are slowly fading, disappearing.Just like people.Yet unlike our sorrow, death
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Why Cleaning is a Trap: The Real Cost of Consumerism
There’s probably no activity I hate more than cleaning.A completely useless waste of time. We already spend our days at work, then sacrifice sleep and health to carve out a bit of free time—and filling that time with cleaning feels like the ultimate human helplessness. And no, I don’t mean “if I don’t do it,
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From Colonialism to AI: A Historical Shift
Humanity first tasted the benefits of a settled life with the advent of agricultural technologies. Then came technologies developed to protect against natural disasters. Over time, trade was discovered, and transportation technologies multiplied. For centuries, history unfolded under the shadow of war. Curiosity, displays of power, and a certain linear way of thinking kept the
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