https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/Recent content in Posts on ScratchpadHugoenFri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/okuma-yetisi-okumus-kimligi/Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/okuma-yetisi-okumus-kimligi/On the gap between reading as a verb and being well-read as an identity — and how calcified patterns short-circuit the reading of texts, events, and situations alike.https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/cevap-sosyal-bilimler-mi/Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/cevap-sosyal-bilimler-mi/Populist waves have been recurring for a hundred and fifty years, and each time we reach for a single person to blame. Where does this reflex come from — and where does taking it seriously lead?https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/living-on-earth/Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/living-on-earth/Peter Godfrey-Smith&rsquo;s <em>Living on Earth</em> — a book that reads life not as evolution&rsquo;s passive product but as an active cause shaping the planet.https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/bir-katman-daha/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/bir-katman-daha/Godfrey-Smith&rsquo;s <em>Living on Earth</em> triggered a thought: are being an evolutionary creature and carrying conscious responsibility two layers of the same whole? And might moral diversity function like genetic diversity?https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/merhaba-dunya/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mdonertas.github.io/scratchpad/en/posts/merhaba-dunya/First post — blog is up, system is alive. What comes next: notes, thoughts, drafts.