Ahmet Alphan Sabancı
@ahmetasabanci
Critical futurist, writer, technologist, generalist, philosopher of Weird and Deadly Interesting. Also runs @tuhaf.studio Posts in ENG and TUR ahmetasabanci.com tuhafgelecek.com tuhaf.studio newslabturkey.org
Just came across a really long blog post which turned into my own version of this scene. What a way to start my week.
Thermochauvinism vs Adaptation | Weekstarter 27-2026 Weekstarter is here with the regular updates, links, and a quick note about why thermochauvinism is a term we should learn and think about.... https://ahmetasabanci.com/thermochauvinism-vs-adaptation-weekstarter-27-2026/
Sakarya’da kavşaklara kurulan güneş panelleriyle ilgili habere gelen bir yorum. Halkımız aslında tasarım istiyor, solarpunk istiyor ama kendisini ifade edemiyor.
Reading Lists Can Wait | Weekstarter 26-2026 Weekstarter is here and this week, along with the regular news and updates, I talk about why we all should figure out the difference between our reading lists and to-do lists.... https://ahmetasabanci.com/reading-lists-can-wait-weekstarter-26-2026/
Do You Want the Future? | Weekstarter 25-2026 A late Weekstarter with your usual updates, links, and some observations about the people who doesn't want the future and do their best to slow anyone who wants to build better… https://ahmetasabanci.com/do-you-want-the-future-weekstarter-25-2026/
Bring Your Own System | Weekstarter 23-2026 After a long unintended break, Weekstarter is back with your usual updates, cool things and why I need a personal system and set of routines, because that's what I've been thinking… https://ahmetasabanci.com/bring-your-own-system-weekstarter-23-2026/
Picture of a country that loves to shoot itself on the foot. We already know they don’t care much about the democracy and stuff but this is going to end up wreaking havoc in the Turkish economy, which was barely resisting the Iran war.
Bende böyle gösteriyor. Bir şeyler saçmalıyorlar ama hayırlısı.
A late Weekstarter but it has all the updates and notes for the week. And some notes about the anti-dystopia concept and why it's a concept everyone needs to learn. https://ahmetasabanci.com/the-need-for-anti-dystopias-weekstarter-19-2026/
Weekstarter is here with the regular updates, some links and why we all need better quality filters for the media and information we're consuming. https://ahmetasabanci.com/quality-filters-weekstarter-17-2026/
Weekstarter is here with the usual updates, things I've found, and some notes about the problems anyone running a business of one, like me, should be prepared for. https://ahmetasabanci.com/business-of-one-problems-weekstarter-16-2026/
Eskiden spam takipçiler en azından konuyla alakalı bir paylaşım yapınca gelirdi. Şimdiki nesil çok özensiz iş yapıyor.
An unexpected follow-up to my blog post about the relationship between music and the cities from 2019. https://ahmetasabanci.com/burial-london-connection-part-2/
I'm resigning from the discourse. Weekstarter is here with your usual and unusual updates, recommendations, and some notes about why "The street finds its own uses" should be our approach to the technology. https://ahmetasabanci.com/here-for-the-music-weekstarter-14-2026/
📬 Weekstarter is here with your usual updates, recommendations and why I call my approach to philosophy dirty and what that actually means. https://ahmetasabanci.com/dirty-philosophy-weekstarter-13-2026/
Love Bam’s response to the people crying over his record and love this comment even more. www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/MfDC...
Tuhaf Gelecek Podcast odağına yapay zekâ ile kurduğumuz ilişkiyi ve bunun sebep olduğu sorunları koyduğu yeni bölümüyle yayında. Yine @agunzagun.com ile hem daldan dala atladığımız hem de derinlere daldığımız çok keyifli bir bölüm oldu. tuhafgelecek.com/podcast/yapa...
A sentence I never thought I would ever write: “Today I found Italian Brainrot sticker packs and immediately bought one.”
Starting a little late to this week with the usual updates, things I found interesting and a short note about how we end up in a global mess like this because some people insist on denying the reality. https://ahmetasabanci.com/we-live-in-a-system-weekstarter-11-2026/
And not one but two new trends are ready to replace it, thanks to Turkish culinary innovators.
Let's talk about why the Citrini "scenario" falls short on being a proper and useful scenario and why you shouldn't try to market your predictions as scenarios — especially in times like these. https://ahmetasabanci.com/notes-on-that-2028-prediction/
Weekstarter is here with the usual updates from the studio and my notes about the "Cyberpunk Condition" concept I've been using for a while. https://ahmetasabanci.com/cyberpunk-condition-weekstarter-10-2026/
A really short Weekstarter today with the usual updates and good things I wanted to share. https://ahmetasabanci.com/no-post-just-rest-weekstarter-09-2026/