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Eren Daskesen

Eren is a published author of the psychological-dystopian novel 'Kürek'. Eren is fascinated by human history, economics, and how humans behave under different circumstances.

🌀 Your Phone Is Ringing and It's an Ambush

Jun 15, 2026

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3 min read

🌀 Your Phone Is Ringing and It's an Ambush

How technology made people more... Irritating?

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen
🌀 The Dead Are Still Online

Jun 12, 2026

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3 min read

🌀 The Dead Are Still Online

And you thought only ancient civilizations tried to talk with their dead?

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 Build the Runway, Expect the Goods

Jun 8, 2026

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4 min read

🌀 Build the Runway, Expect the Goods

Yeah, you wish.

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 The Gift of Being Seen

Jun 5, 2026

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3 min read

🌀 The Gift of Being Seen

Keep sharing, maybe that'll make you happy someday.

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 Who Gets In?

May 29, 2026

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4 min read

🌀 Who Gets In?

How your clothes decide your access.

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 One More Episode: Cliffhangers & Catharsis

May 22, 2026

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4 min read

🌀 One More Episode: Cliffhangers & Catharsis

Why the next episode always feels necessary

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 When the Truth Has a Group Chat

May 15, 2026

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4 min read

🌀 When the Truth Has a Group Chat

Conspiracy theories feel like community

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 Hero With A Thousand Slides

May 8, 2026

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4 min read

🌀 Hero With A Thousand Slides

The mythology behind founder culture

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 The Folktales of the Feed

May 1, 2026

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4 min read

🌀 The Folktales of the Feed

Why your group chat is doing what humans have always done.

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen
🌀 Care Economies: Who Heals the Healers?

Apr 24, 2026

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3 min read

🌀 Care Economies: Who Heals the Healers?

An economy built on care, sustained by burnout.

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 The Scroll Will See You Now

Apr 17, 2026

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3 min read

🌀 The Scroll Will See You Now

Health advice becomes content and content becomes belief

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 Gym Culture & Strength Signaling

Apr 10, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 Gym Culture & Strength Signaling

From tribal arenas to digital feeds.

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 The Body Is the New Temple

Apr 3, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 The Body Is the New Temple

How modern wellness replaced faith with routine

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 The Ceremony of Everything

Mar 27, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 The Ceremony of Everything

When Every Moment is Sacred, Nothing Is

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 Nomadism: From Tents to Airbnbs

Mar 20, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 Nomadism: From Tents to Airbnbs

Belonging Without Staying

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 Safety Theatre: The Cameras Are Watching (Probably)

Mar 13, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 Safety Theatre: The Cameras Are Watching (Probably)

The performance of security replaces the practice of it

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 The Choreography of Your Commute

Mar 6, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 The Choreography of Your Commute

The Hidden Rituals Inside Everyday Movement

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 Where Everybody Knows Your Username

Feb 27, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 Where Everybody Knows Your Username

Connection in a world without communal spaces

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 Influencer Alchemy: Identity Into Income

Feb 20, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 Influencer Alchemy: Identity Into Income

How the Self Became a Product

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 The Virtue of Your Shopping Cart

Feb 13, 2026

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7 min read

🌀 The Virtue of Your Shopping Cart

Signaling by Saying "No"

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 Scarcity Theatre: Drops, Queues, and FOMO

Feb 6, 2026

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8 min read

🌀 Scarcity Theatre: Drops, Queues, and FOMO

The Pain of the "Near Miss"

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

Culture

🌀 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.

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

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

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

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

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen

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.

Eren Daskesen
Eren Daskesen
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