In a beautiful morning sometime around March 2024, I decided to delete Instagram from my phone. For the longest time, I struggled with doom scrolling on...
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Algorithms: A Human Tool for the Greatest Good, the Ugliest Evil, and all that Lies in Between
I am once again, sitting in my room, in front of my computer, writing my sixth and final blog. Behind me is my record player, spinning...
Continue reading...Can Social Media Make Us More Charitable?
Sometimes I would like to think that social media can do good. Nowadays information can be reach from anywhere. No matter if you live in Miami...
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Quantum Physics: From Atom Bombs to the Cutting Edge of Innovation
Would you believe me if I told you that quantum physics is one of the most interesting fields in physics? It’s a field that dives deep...
Continue reading...Censorship in the Digital Age: For the Better or Worse?
Last week, my country was shaken with horrible news of the brutal murders of 2 young women. Turkey has one of the highest rates of violence...
Continue reading...The Rise and Fall of Hyves
In the lecture this week we discussed the ego online, the rise of social media and the digital performativity that is so prevalent in society today....
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A few days ago, I was sitting in a café, meeting up with a friend I haven’t known for very long. We had a nice break...
Continue reading...The Impact of AI on the Translation Industry
Translation is one of the areas of life where AI has already become indispensable. One of the most obvious advantages of machine translation is how it...
Continue reading...Where do we belong?
Everyone seeks a sense of belonging; to something, someone, somewhere. Belonging is part of what makes us feel connected, like we are part of something; like...
Continue reading...Ray Kurzweil and Our Bright Future
Recently, I was listening to a podcast on which one of my favorite YouTube content creators was a guest. The topic got to computer programming, and...
Continue reading...Online Offline Connecting Lost Stories
History on the internet often takes the form of just another plotline, some facts and events that we scroll through, enjoy, and quickly forget. Something completely...
Continue reading...The Many Identities I Knit
Sitting in front of my computer, writing my fifth blog as has become the usual. Behind me is my record player, I have decided to spin...
Continue reading...How will AI effect the future of Music?
The first encounter I had with AI music is listening to an AI Kurt Cobain cover. At first, I found it cool and interesting that a...
Continue reading...Aesthetics of Curated Lives
For one of the last blogs, I decided to discuss the phenomenon of Pinterest—the heaven of aesthetics. This social media platform was created by Ben Silbermann...
Continue reading...Fashion in the Digital Age: Labels, Transparency, and Sustainability
Like many other industries, the fashion industry is also experiencing digitization. Representatives of the fashion industry as well as people concerned with climate change currently discussing...
Continue reading...Jodi.org and the Deconstruction of Games
The early internet pioneers of the 1960s and 1970s envisioned a democratic environment of commonly accessible creative tools, where communication channels would enable innovative approaches for...
Continue reading...A Small Peek into the World of Innovative Vaccines
I think most of us wouldn’t know that Edward Jenner introduced us to the ‘classic’ vaccine, a substance designed to trigger our immune response to protect...
Continue reading...Living Vicariously Through Games
This weekend I had a conversation about having indirect experiences through different media forms: films, books and games. But there’s something about the latter form that...
Continue reading...Where does German digitality come from?
My last blog (“Is Google the natural and neutral world brain?”) was about the power of Google. This is just one example of why the dangers...
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