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Asena Kaya Karaca

Asena studied literature & cultural heritage. She explores culture through a creative lens.

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🌀 Why We Buy Stories, Not Things

Jan 30, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 Why We Buy Stories, Not Things

Exploring the hidden anthropology of our modern shopping carts.

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 AI Companions: Friendship and Future Selves

Jan 23, 2026

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9 min read

🌀 AI Companions: Friendship and Future Selves

How algorithms are reshaping friendship, care, and connection

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 Quantified Self: Step Counts, Soul Counts

Jan 16, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 Quantified Self: Step Counts, Soul Counts

When Self-Knowledge Turns into Self-Surveillance

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 Algorithmic Fate: Do Feeds Choose for Us?

Jan 9, 2026

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9 min read

🌀 Algorithmic Fate: Do Feeds Choose for Us?

The hidden math behind your scrolling habits.

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 Filters & Facades: The Aesthetics of Authenticity

Jan 2, 2026

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9 min read

🌀 Filters & Facades: The Aesthetics of Authenticity

How digital masks are redefining the self

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 The Architecture of Watching

Dec 26, 2025

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8 min read

🌀 The Architecture of Watching

The Hidden Surveillance Logic of Modern Work and Cubicals

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 The Noonday Demon

Dec 19, 2025

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9 min read

🌀 The Noonday Demon

Burnout and the Loss of Inner Time

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

🌀 Meetings as Modern Rituals

Dec 12, 2025

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8 min read

🌀 Meetings as Modern Rituals

A Study of Why We Still Show Up

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

Work as Worship: Sacred Time vs. Slack Pings

Dec 5, 2025

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9 min read

Work as Worship: Sacred Time vs. Slack Pings

The Lost Art of Being Off

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

Fandom as Faith: Pilgrimages, Relics, and Lore

Nov 28, 2025

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9 min read

Fandom as Faith: Pilgrimages, Relics, and Lore

How Modern Fandom Turns Devotion into Collective Meaning

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Ekin Ilgın Demirhan
Asena Kaya Karaca, +2

Culture

Cancel Culture as Digital Shaming

Nov 21, 2025

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7 min read

Cancel Culture as Digital Shaming

Why Digital Shame Fails as Correction

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

Status Games: Blue Ticks, Luxury, and Clout

Nov 14, 2025

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8 min read

Status Games: Blue Ticks, Luxury, and Clout

How we turned recognition into a subscription.

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

Internet Tribes: From Totems to Discord Servers

Nov 7, 2025

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10 min read

Internet Tribes: From Totems to Discord Servers

Do you know where you belong to?

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

The Tyranny of the Red Dot

Oct 31, 2025

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9 min read

The Tyranny of the Red Dot

Notifications: The shackles of our digital existence.

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

Strangers Who Feel Like Friends

Oct 24, 2025

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8 min read

Strangers Who Feel Like Friends

Why we love YouTubers

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

The Economics of Outrage: Why Bad News Wins

Oct 17, 2025

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7 min read

The Economics of Outrage: Why Bad News Wins

Modern life in the light of ancient past.

Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca, +1

Culture

Why We Can't Stop Doomscrolling

Oct 9, 2025

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6 min read

Why We Can't Stop Doomscrolling

Modern life in the light of ancient past.

Eren Daskesen
Asena Kaya Karaca
Eren Daskesen, +1

Culture Decoded

Culture Decoded explains modern life, trends, and behaviors by making complex ideas simple, real, and relatable.