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 Age of Secondhand Emotions: How Social Media Has Turned Us Into Borrowers of Other People’s Feelings. AI-Generated.
There was a time when feelings were private. Grief happened behind closed doors, joy was shared over phone calls, and anger was reserved for real-world confrontations. Now, all of it is broadcast, looped, liked, and commented on. In the age of Instagram Reels and TikTok For You pages, feelings are no longer just felt—they are performed, consumed, and echoed. We are living in the age of secondhand emotions, where we experience feelings not through our own lives, but through the curated and choreographed lives of others.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran6 months ago in Psyche
The Age of Digital Solitude. AI-Generated.
There’s a peculiar irony in the fact that we’ve never been more connected—and never felt more alone. At any given moment, you can message a friend, join a group chat, scroll through countless lives on your feed, or video call someone halfway across the globe. Technology has dissolved distances, collapsed borders, and placed entire communities in our palms. But something’s missing. Something very human. Something we forgot to feel.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran6 months ago in Psyche
The Psychology of Consistency: Why Showing Up Every Day Matters More Than You Think. AI-Generated.
"Success isn’t about doing great things occasionally—it’s about doing the right things consistently." We often think the key to success is talent, inspiration, or bursts of motivation. But if you’ve ever set a New Year’s resolution and failed by February, you know that fleeting energy isn’t enough. What actually creates long-term transformation is consistency—the quiet, unglamorous act of showing up even when you don’t feel like it.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran6 months ago in Motivation
Emotional Discipline: How to Master Your Feelings Before They Master You. AI-Generated.
We often think of discipline as waking up early, hitting the gym, or turning down that second slice of cake. But there’s another, deeper form of discipline that receives far less attention: emotional discipline. It's the ability to regulate your feelings, stay composed in chaos, and respond rather than react. It’s what determines whether we say something we regret, give up on a goal too early, or spiral into self-sabotage.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran6 months ago in Motivation
You Don’t Need to Reinvent Yourself—You Just Need to Return to Who You Were Before You Forgot. AI-Generated.
I used to think I had to become someone else to succeed. Stronger. Smarter. Sharper. More polished. Less emotional. More productive. Less me.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran6 months ago in Motivation
What If AI Governed the World?. AI-Generated.
At first, it seemed like a dream. Traffic jams disappeared. Hospitals never overbooked. Crime dropped. Grocery stores never ran out of anything, and education—tailored to every child's brainwave—flourished. The world, governed by the precision of artificial intelligence, was efficient, productive, and astonishingly calm.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran6 months ago in Futurism
The Day People Could Hear Each Other's Inner Monologues. AI-Generated.
It began on a Tuesday. The morning was unremarkable. The air smelled faintly of rain, and city pigeons cooed with their usual arrogance. But at exactly 6:43 AM, a woman named Lila Fisher heard the barista at the coffee shop think:
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran6 months ago in Fiction
Algorithmic Intuition: When AI Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself. AI-Generated.
In the digital age, you don’t need to tell anyone who you are. The algorithm already knows. It knows what you’ll eat for dinner before you've even opened your food delivery app. It knows when you’re likely to feel nostalgic and queue up a song you haven’t heard in ten years. It recommends a pair of shoes you didn’t know you wanted—and yet, you buy them. With eerie precision, it predicts your moods, your schedule, and even your insecurities. What once sounded like science fiction has quietly become reality: Artificial Intelligence now often knows us better than we know ourselves.
By Ahmet Kıvanç Demirkıran7 months ago in Futurism
