Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran
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As a technology and innovation enthusiast, I aim to bring fresh perspectives to my readers, drawing from my experience.
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The Quiet Power That Moves Mountains. AI-Generated.
The Myth of Constant Fire Motivation is often described as fire—an inner spark, a burning desire, a flame that drives us forward. And while that imagery is poetic, it’s also misleading. Fire is wild, fleeting, and dependent on fuel. Real motivation, the kind that sustains long-term goals and drags us through difficult days, is quieter. Less like fire, more like gravity. You don't always see it. But it's always there—pulling.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran9 months ago in Motivation
The Beauty of Starting Ugly. AI-Generated.
We live in a world obsessed with polish. Scroll through social media and you’ll see lives filtered to perfection—flawless skin, six-figure businesses, effortlessly creative projects, minimalist homes with aesthetically pleasing coffee mugs. It’s enough to make you think that if your idea, body, voice, or art isn’t perfect… it’s not worth showing.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran9 months ago in Motivation
The Subscription Society: Renting Happiness in a World That No Longer Sells It. AI-Generated.
Imagine waking up one morning and realizing that nothing in your life is truly yours—not your apartment, not your furniture, not even your playlists. You don’t own your entertainment; you stream it. You don’t own your clothes; you subscribe to monthly fashion drops. You don’t even own your data; it's leased to the highest bidder. Welcome to the Subscription Society, where permanence is passé, and everything—including happiness—comes with a recurring fee.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran9 months ago in The Swamp
The Subscription to Selfhood: How We Became Monthly Members of Our Own Identities. AI-Generated.
You can imagine it like this: Every morning, before your coffee, before the mirror, before even remembering your own name, you scroll. A “mindfulness pack” tells you how to feel today. A “core identity” booster recommends what to believe. And an “aesthetic lifestyle box” arrives monthly, so you can photograph the life you're supposed to be living.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran9 months ago in Psyche
🎯 The Nostalgia Paradox: Why We Keep Looking Back in a Forward-Moving World . AI-Generated.
"Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days." — Doug Larson We live in a paradox. Every day, we wake up in a world that is accelerating forward—technologically, socially, and even existentially. We have artificial intelligence completing sentences, space tourism in development, and near-daily breakthroughs in science. Yet, amidst all this futuristic noise, our cultural compass points backwards.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran10 months ago in Psyche
Title: The Psychology of Belonging. AI-Generated.
We live in an era that glorifies the individual. "Be yourself," they say. "You don't need anyone." We champion the self-made entrepreneur, the solitary genius, the fiercely independent thinker. And yet, beneath the glossy Instagram quotes and TED talks about self-reliance, a quieter truth persists—humans desperately need to belong. Not just to survive, but to feel whole.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran10 months ago in Psyche
🎯 The Death of Spontaneity. AI-Generated.
Once upon a time, you could get lost. You could stumble upon a book in a dusty bookstore, find a band by accident on late-night radio, or meet a stranger on a train who’d recommend a city you'd never thought to visit. Now, our lives are mapped by algorithms designed to predict what we’ll like, where we’ll go, and even who we might become. This is the age of engineered spontaneity—where every “surprise” is a calculated guess based on previous clicks.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran10 months ago in The Swamp
I Accidentally Subscribed to the Premium Reality. AI-Generated.
It happened while I was half-asleep and fully annoyed. My internet was down, my coffee had that vague burnt-toast flavor, and I had just stubbed my toe on the leg of my overly minimalist couch. I did what any sane adult would do: opened a meditation app to passive-aggressively breathe through the rage.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran10 months ago in Humor
The Man Who Remembered Everything. AI-Generated.
It started with a nosebleed. Just a thin trickle, ordinary in every way, except for the fact that it followed three days of unusually vivid dreams. Dreams where I spoke languages I’d never studied. Remembered faces I’d never seen. Recited poetry I’d never read.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran10 months ago in Psyche
