I spent my childhood in İzmit. There is one scene I remember vividly from the days leading up to the holidays (Bayram): in front of the old post office, they used to set up long metal racks against the wall. Row after row of racks… hundreds of holiday postcards… You…
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I wasn’t having one of those perfect mornings where I take a cold shower as soon as I open my eyes to shock my metabolism, then sip my coffee with a drop of coconut oil while listening to a podcast about “Breaking Limits in Entrepreneurship” at 2x speed. No, it…
While reading Byung-Chul Han’s book “Non-things,” I heard the silent screams of my own age, like looking in a mirror. The Korean-German thinker talks about the basic problems of modern life. He doesn’t just give a philosophical analysis; it also becomes a sad poem of a lost world. The Silence…
I’ve been wanting to read this book for a long time, but I must admit that I’ve been struggling with reading lately. My attention drifts easily, focusing is difficult, and the time I set aside for books is dwindling as work and life take over. I know, it happens to…