Category: English
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Peasantry: From Rural Roots to Urban Consequences
After coming together and working with enough peasants from different nations, I started writing this piece while thinking: why shouldn’t I criticize these peasants mercilessly? Actually, my starting point was a sign hanging in the forest where I walk during work breaks. It said: “We do not want wind panels in our homeland.” I was…
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The Banality of Evil
I was not born into a life. I did not grow up running through meadows, enjoying fresh air. My fate was written from the beginning; I did not even have a chance to choose. I came into the world for a task, and I will complete it and return. My first memory is my mother.…
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From Tension to War: Understanding Historical Patterns
Today I feel like being a doom prophet. There is a YouTube page called https://www.youtube.com/@TheGreatWar . It is an excellent channel. It explains the First World War week by week. How events developed, what the attitude of countries was. I definitely recommend it because we usually see the event only from our own perspective, and…
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Women and Others
I struggle to understand the world. Not only the news, but also daily life. The more I look at society, the more I feel that many of the world’s problems come from one old structure: cultures built around men, around physical power, around the idea that strength gives legitimacy. When people talk about war, they…
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Character Building
Another day when I chose to be alone. The weather is too gray for socializing. My head can no longer take people in, but I cannot stay away from people either. I ended up in the café on the corner near home. Spring is about to end, but summer is not coming either. It showed…
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End of Life
Scientists divide possible end-of-the-world scenarios into two categories: natural causes and human-made causes. Who even researches this stuff, by the way? I wish we were that kind of scientist. Devoting our lives to speculation. Neither wars would bother us, nor the economy. I wonder if it makes you paranoid? Throughout human history, apocalypse scenarios usually…
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The Human Element in Work and Borders
One of the main reasons I chose engineering was that I didn’t want to deal with people. The other reasons were creativity, problem-solving, and so on. After I entered working life, I realized that the real problem was people. Even the most technical project had people as its biggest problem. Today, technology has developed even…
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Disruptive Technologies-8: Final
I am finally finishing the series on disruptive technologies. Although the word “disruptive” may sound negative, I mentioned that its meaning is actually “things that fundamentally change our lives.” In most of the previous examples, I talked about how these technologies carry many ethical issues alongside their benefits. Now, I will write about technologies that…
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Disruptive Technologies-7: Technology, Biodiversity and Future of Earth
With the Age of Discovery, the world changed completely. New trade routes were opened. The tools required to use those routes developed rapidly. Of course, for this reason, many wars also broke out. A serious arms race began. That arms race eventually reached an entirely different point with the atomic bomb. It became not only…
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The Noises and Aesthetics of Expression
Human beings want to express themselves. They can’t keep it inside; the more they do, the harder it gets, turning into a kind of noise within. The purpose of expression is not always to convey something to others; sometimes it is simply to get rid of that noise, to make space for new kinds of…
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