Category: English
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Disruptive Technologies-3: Otism, Down syndrome and Some Ethical Topics
I saw a discussion on the internet. “Having an abortion because the baby has Down syndrome.” The comments underneath were, in many ways, ordinary — and yet deeply disturbing.While deciding over a human life seems frighteningly easy, taking real responsibility and thinking things through when deciding to have a child appears to be much harder.…
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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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Disruptive Technologies-2: Rental Economy
In the previous article, we learned what disruptive technology means and how it can affect our lives. Now, let’s take a closer look at those effects. As the title suggests, this time the topic is the economy. Let’s start with a very classic example. The richest 10% of the world owns about 75% of global wealth. The top…
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Disruptive Technologies-1: How Disruptive Technologies Reshape Our Lives
Türkce icin tıklayın: https://bahadirhancicek.com/2024/10/04/yikici-teknolojiler-nedir-ne-degildir/ I often complain about the constant flow of information in our era, unconscious social media usage, and the effects social media has on perception. This time, I want to open up this topic a bit more: how all of this is evaluated from a technological perspective, what kinds of problems await…
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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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İnce bir Çizgi: Ölüm ve Hatıralar
Tam 21 yıl önce bugün, hayata bakışımı değiştiren olaylardan biri, belki de ilki yaşandı. Belki ilk defa, çocukken sağlam olarak gördüğüm insanların beklenmedik bir darbede nasıl yerle bir olabildiklerini gördüm. Herkesin en zayıf halini. O zaman 14 yaşındaydım. Bir yandan olanları anlamlandırmaya çalışıyordum. İlk önce gelen bir telefon, telaşlı bir ses. Hiçbir anlam ifade etmemişti.…
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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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The Dance of Lava and Sea: A Natural Symphony
In the beginning, there was nothing; no time, no place, no moment to remember.Only a trembling earth, the water that wrapped around it, and the orb of fire hidden within.Even though they were buried kilometers deep and seemed separate, their existence was born from the same pulse.One was a fire concealed in the depths, the…
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