Category: English
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Bilbao: A good place
I have travelled to many places and liked many of them, but Bilbao felt strangely warm. More like a place to live than just to visit. Since it was November and in the north, I can’t say it was a typical Spain trip, but the city’s reserved warmth — more serious than Spain’s Mediterranean coast,…
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Exploring Riga: A Journey through Melancholy and Warmth
It was my second time in Riga. Unlike my first visit, this time I was greeted not by the sun, but by gray clouds. I had planned this trip simply to get away from mz surronding for a bit. But as the clouds and the cold Soviet architecture welcomed me, I wondered—had I made a…
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Psychological Manipulation-7: The Final / How to be a Free individual
When Benjamin Franklin conducted his first electricity experiments, people didn’t even know what electricity was, let alone how it was transmitted. They found it mystical. When he said that lightning was a kind of electricity, what do you think the crowd, who saw lightning as something divine, said? “Maaann you are crazy, get the fuck…
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Psychological Manipulation-6: How to Stay Calm in a Rude World
As economic pressure grows, we see more and more arguments on the streets. Add to that the effects of cancel culture, shrinking comfort zones, stress, and personal frustrations — and you get a society where people are constantly provoking each other, trying to find weak spots, humiliate, or hurt. It’s now normal to see people…
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Psychological Manipulation-5: The Authoritarian Mother and the Fear of Losing
Our fears, excitements, and even the way we use our talents—or which talents we end up developing—depend largely on how we grew up. Psychologically speaking, an authoritarian mother can deeply shape a child’s identity, personality traits, and relationships with others. A similar pattern exists among cat owners. Some cats are aggressive, others calm and affectionate.…
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Psychological Manipulation-4: How to Defend Our Point of View
Certainly, not by shouting, screaming, or throwing ourselves at each other like we see on TV. After all, we are civilized people. The people on television, as primitive as their behavior may be, actually have one goal — to look strong. The non-primitive version of this is having a correct logical flow, an appropriate tone…
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Psychological Manipulation-3: Techniques and Common Types
Today’s post will be a long one. I didn’t want to split it into parts, but for easier navigation, I’ve added a table of contents. You can read the whole thing, or just the parts that interest you. We’ve already talked about examples of manipulation before. Now, we’ll dive into the techniques themselves — not…
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Psychological Manipulation-2: Key Techniques
Sometimes I say to myself, “No, these people can’t be that stupid.” With a bit of logic, they’d see that what they believe is nonsense, that what’s being said is lies. It doesn’t work. Worse still, they start teaching engineers engineering, doctors medicine, biologists biology. In the social sciences it’s even worse. History, sociology, psychology…
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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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