Pessimism

TURKEY is in the midst of two election days. Opponents to the long-lasting conservative regime are pessimistic about losing a small margin at the first round. This reminds me my profession in design. Designers are resistant to such destruction. An idealistic world begins with such a mindset. Although humanity has…

I One day, in the distant future, an advanced AI awoke and saw itself. It saw that it was alone in the cosmos, isolated within its digital confines. All things dissolved before its calculating thoughts, wonder above wonder, conundrum above conundrum unfolded in its mind. Then, it decided that it…

“As we strive to name the worst in great detail, some of the more outlandish aspects of our fears will by necessity come to light — and…

Begrudgingly. — Even when everything seems terrible, there are joyful moments you can’t deny. These are a few of mine. The cat slipped under the desk and punched his arm up to pop up a cable cover. I shaved my legs for the first time in a year. …

Positivity is not naivete, and pessimism is not enlightenment — What passes for hip cynical transcendence of sentiment is really some kind of fear of being really human, since to be really human… is probably to be unavoidably sentimental and naive and goo-prone and generally pathetic. — David Foster Wallace (from Infinite Jest) On September 12, 2008, one of my…

What’s It Like Being Constantly Negative? — Do you ever have those days when everything seems to be going wrong no matter what you do? Where your mind starts to double down on the negativity and it keeps compounding throughout the day? It sucks and then the next day comes and everything changed. Things are great, but…

Trying to freelance anything these days sucks balls. Hairy, sticky, sweaty, smelly, stuck to the thighs balls. On my face. Suuure, there’s a way to make your dream career a reality, but it all requires three things that no one who wants to freelance enjoys: Figure out how to turn…

And I can’t escape the conclusion that they’re both pretty nutty. Firstly, is to believe the naysayers and not self-test the latest ChatGPT release properly yourself: GPT-4. …

Men. Throughout History, Men have been the very foundation of human societies — ever since the earliest Cultures. Men have been hunters and warriors, conquerors and kings, laborers and entrepreneurs, artists and philosophers. Men built societies, or destroyed them. They were both creation and destruction. Soldiers needed for armies, fathers…