Category: Life Perspective and Comments
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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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Veganism,Apoliticalitism and Thousand other Problems
Morning alarm rings. Snooze. Again. Again. You’re right. Life is already hard. You don’t have to solve humanity’s crisis before even getting out of bed. You open your phone. A bit of news, a bit of discounts, a bit of gossip. Your brain gets tiny rewards. Filling your mind with just enough junk and getting…
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Why I Bought Apple Products Despite Dislike
For years, my ongoing dislike of Apple ended because of two discounts. I first bought an iPhone 11 in 2020 or 2021. This year, I bought a MacBook Air for the first time. The reason was a discount offer so shamelessly good that I couldn’t refuse it — and iOS. My opinions about Apple haven’t…
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Imprisoned – Modern Life, Captivity and Fear
Elephants have been used for centuries for transportation, carrying loads, construction, and war. Even today, they are still used for similar reasons. Beyond that, they have also been used for entertainment—in circuses or zoos.Do you think this was voluntary?Of course not. The way to make elephants “useful” is to chain them when they are young.…
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Gut Feeling
An encounter in an infinite universe…A comfort as if you’ve known each other for years, so natural, so relax…Yet secretly a quiet distance remains. It’s hard to call it a gain or a loss. Neither good nor bad. Perhaps this is exactly what we mean by being. One can feel close without knowing. Maybe not at…
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The Surreal Nature of Grief and Memory
Exactly 21 years ago today, one of the events that changed the way I look at lifeö perhaps the very first. took place. For the first time, I saw how people I had perceived as solid and unshakable in childhood could be completely shattered by an unexpected blow. I saw everyone at their weakest. I…
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Embracing Creativity in Modern Learning
Let me start with the cliché opening: education is the foundation of everything. Education is the solution to all problems. Of course, when you say this, reactions come immediately. Not everyone can be educated, not everyone wants to be educated, it’s not as easy as you think. And that, in fact, is the core of…
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Why We Fear Art More Than Weapons
Lately, I’ve been stuck on the question, ‘What is it for?’ While an irrational prejudice forms about some subjects, for others, it’s not even considered. Actually, by asking this question, we can envelop everything we engage with in our daily lives into a cloud of meaninglessness. That’s why I find it a dangerous question. The…
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How Football Shapes Identity and Community Worldwide
Football Culture Growing up as a child in Trabzon, a city of football, the likelihood of staying away from football was low. And indeed, I couldn’t. My childhood passed by talking about football, playing football games on the computer, sometimes playing football in the street, and later going to indoor football (halı saha) matches. That’s…
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Engineering vs Art: The Battle of Functionality and Expression
No, I’m not going to talk about Leonardo Da Vinci. I’m going to talk more about how far engineering actually is from art. There is an ego that comes with engineering education, and many wrong assumptions that come with it. For example, engineers solve problems. That’s true. And as problems get solved, the ego grows.…
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