20210108 - Armagan's Postdoc Blog

Those who follow now know: I continue my research in a relatively small city in Germany. But just because I'm here doesn't mean I'm unaware of what's going on in the world. Thanks to the Internet, I follow what is happening. The situation can create more stress than necessary. Because the world is going through a period of fundamental change. Human productive ability develops faster than the rate of change of human sensibility. Therefore, one does not know which side to choose in the conflicts between the system changers created by human and the existing system which is also produced by human. Look at what is happening in America. When politics becomes a means of control of power, it breaks off with reality. When politics becomes a tool to solve people's problems, then it works for us. This is a starting point for those who study the relationship between economy and democracy.

In Jena, the number of patients increases one day and decreases the other day. Like everyone else, we act carefully with my wife. For now, I don't leave the house much except going to the supermarket 2 or 3 days a week. I shop at the supermarket by wearing a mask over a mask. The recommendation not to go to the office in Germany was extended until January 30. Although my immunity is pretty good, I don't want to take any risks. My working environment at home is sufficient for now.

Today, we could not stand the silence in the evening and we listened to the music of Doğan Canku and Birsen Tezer :) It seems like Canku's songs are exactly according to the masked days with covid. While the world did not know where to go; while the intellectual abilities of societies are not enough to internalize the productions of inventors, researchers and administrators who claim to move societies forward; while old thoughts cannot find a branch to cling to; as new ideas gradually move away from being inclusive and become professional patterns; Canku sends us hopeful music in these difficult situations.

These masked days seem to cover the 2021. I guess that a part of 2022 will be with masks again. The real change will come from the difficulties in the intellectual field until 2040. While those who want a stable life  will find themselves on the road, those who want change more than anyone else will understand that they have to slow down. This change will continue until everyone realizes that happiness cannot be experienced alone. Over-use of world resources will continue to increase in all this time. It is impossible to know the exact date that we can call the climate breakdown, but it will also happen in this time period. I predict that this rapid climatic change will occur sometime between 2024-2026. Will people who care about no one else but themselves get wiser when they get caught in climate breakdown before they solve their intellectual problems? We will all live and see together.