Author: Salpi Ozgur
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Big Things Are Over
We now have an outdated, bizarre group (class, if you will), whom I call the dotcom millennials—well-traveled bilinguals who feel globally integrated yet locally isolated. While their time is long gone, the core idea lingers.
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Ascent of the Sidekick
The Hero’s Journey starts with a call, whether a desire or a conflict—a call for transformation. One of my favorites is Homer’s absolute epic banger, ‘The Odyssey.’ The story follows the King of Ithaca, Odysseus, on his journey back home. Convincing gods, fighting monsters, and still arriving on time before someone else weds your wife…
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Eros Squandered
Falling in love is an authoritarian demand. It’s an act of self-destruction, creative destruction -if you will. It’s an act of birthing yourself in the eyes of another. Lending what exists in you to someone else and demanding it back piece by piece. Falling in love is not primal. It doesn’t get our needs met.…
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We Don’t Belong Here
One of the pivotal contributors to the success of political movements lies in their level of hospitality towards newcomers. A direct correlation can be observed between the ability to make individuals feel at home and the subsequent success of an initiative. As a result, collectivist practices, whether from the right or left, easily gain momentum,…
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Loyalty Kills (Sometimes)
Exalted moral status is a tool that grants power by proxy. When we experience outrage, it signifies a higher status and, consequently, a degree of power. Of course, this moral outrage must be recognized or appreciated by society; otherwise, it’s merely personal anger to grapple with individually.
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Trauma Cult(ure)
Today’s culture is grief averse. It is a natural result of pace incompatibility. Life is fast, grief is slow. Information travels instantly, emotions take time. We also lost ritualistic practices and mourning as a group which adds to the tension we feel. When we allow ourselves to suffer for a trauma we are allowing ourselves…
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Circus Animals
Social media started out as a space for freedom. Now it’s killing our authenticity. We talk about tolerance almost incessantly. Identities get tolerance but our individuality doesn’t. The way we should be expressing ourselves is under constant surveillance. At times by the government but most of the time by people.
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Obsessed
We strive for a world with perfect balance. Or so it seems. Nowadays, a lot is about well-being. Nature retreats, work-life balance, eating healthy, having a community, and so on. Balance is an achievement, you can see it in the posts of influencers, Tik-Tokers, and YouTubers. People love the idea of balance. Even trends like…
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Today’s Office
Before Covid, remote working lacked legitimacy. Although there were a lot of people working remotely, running online businesses, making a living, and traveling at the same time until Covid most people couldn’t really wrap their minds around how this all worked. Since Covid forced almost everyone to stay at home, doing their 9-5, they had…
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