About This Site
The Main Theme of My Blogs
Most psychological and social problems stem from our pursuit of the meaning of life. Therefore, my blogs revolve around the subject of meaning and explore such topics as the origin and nature of meaning, its various forms and associated problems, how it develops at individual and societal levels, and the transcendence of meaning.
My Approach
Quality, Not Quantity
There is an abundance of information; however, quality information is scarce. This is due largely to the prevailing socioeconomic system that prioritizes productivity and makes the quantity of goods a key measure of wealth. Since people are focused on producing things fast and in large quantities, superficial and trivial information is piling up while it is becoming increasingly difficult to find quality information. Like fast food, hastily generated information is harmful to our well-being. Unlike everyday essentials such as water and food, information does not need to be consumed frequently. What we truly need and yearn for is not more information per se but the kind of knowledge that provides deep insights and transforms our lives. For this reason, I will not write according to a schedule but when I have valuable insights to share.
Collective Enlightenment & Open Access
The most absurd thing about our information space is that scholarly and educational information is the least accessible. Accordingly, shallow and ignorant ideas predominate in the information space. I think the main reason for the inaccessibility is not that academic publishers are too powerful to be challenged but that most academics are too preoccupied with status contests to care about collective enlightenment. It is important for us to realize that collective enlightenment leads to an overall improvement in society, which benefits us far more than any gains we get from winning status contests.
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How I Came to Launch This Website
The inner world has always been my greatest fascination. So I studied psychology at university and subsequently worked as a researcher in the field.
However, as an academic researcher, I had to focus on a very specific topic. Even though I was fortunate to study a subject related to my interests, I gradually grew tired of it. I would often force myself to think about the subject, and the daily routine of thinking about the same narrow subject killed my enthusiasm over time.
I also did not find the academic environment to be conducive to intellectual freedom. Besides the fact that you can rarely choose your own topic, you are usually expected to think and write as a team. While I enjoyed exchanging ideas with people, it was a frustrating experience to write in a group. Different theoretical orientations and inevitable disagreements made the writing process inefficient and confusing and made it impossible to write a coherent paper without suppressing ideas.
Moreover, due to the “publish or perish” environment, I felt pressured to find answers quickly. I was constantly in a hurried state and lacked the peaceful headspace needed for insights to come through. Even when I finished something, I did not get a sense of accomplishment but was left feeling uneasy about rushed and half-baked ideas in my writing. I became increasingly dissatisfied with the absurd environment where everyone was busy trying to publish papers which no one seemed to have time to read deeply, if at all.
So I was no longer enjoying the process of thinking nor the product and eventually got burnt out. I asked the university for the position of visiting scholar to think more freely and at my own pace. I did manual jobs for a living and wondered about various things that spontaneously interested me in my spare time. I gradually learned to let my mind flow freely and run its natural course, which restored my curiosity and brought me many insights, including answers to the questions with which I had wrestled for a long time. This journey led me to launch this website, to share my insights and continue exploring ideas freely and at a natural pace.
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