I have struggled to write blog posts in Turkish for the last few weeks. Although the most obvious reason is that I have not lived in Turkey for the previous 2.5 years, I don’t believe this is the case. I think not reading enough Turkish literature caused the more-than-necessary stalls while writing. So, to improve… Continue reading
A warning against the psychological warfare in the attention economy. Recently, I read “How to Think Like Socrates” by Donald Robertson, a cognitive behavioral therapist and author of high-quality books on Stoicism. In this book, he connects the Socratic way of thinking with modern psychology while trying to give a semi-fictional historical account of Socrates… Continue reading
I was in a good rhythm of publishing blog posts in two languages for the last few weeks. Then, life happened, as I expected to be at some point. My bachelor’s thesis proved to be more time-consuming than I’d admit, and some other issues required my attention and time. Today, I’d like to mention two… Continue reading
Last year, I was walking with my uncle in Frankfurt along the Main river in Germany, which goes through Frankfurt. As we had been walking for 20 kilometers, he wanted to rest. As we sat, he mentioned a story emphasizing the importance of taking rests regularly. So I tracked down the source of this story,… Continue reading