Tag Archives: Technology


Medium Is Great for Bloggers, Readers, and Humanity, but There Is Some Room for Improvement

Medium is great for humanity, because it acts like a Trojan horse in our smartphones. Smartphones are destroying our attention span. Short clips, streams of blurbs and pictures are replacing books. In this environment, Medium is providing an alternative to all of that digital candy. Medium posts aren’t a replacement for a book. Most of […]


How the Hodlers Fail the Crypto-Economy

December 2017 was a missed opportunity for hodlers as well as the crypto-market in general. Hodlers could act responsibly in December 2017 and be rewarded for their actions. Instead they’ve chosen to be greedy. They’ve lost the opportunity to profit and to contribute to the stability of the crypto-market. By hodlers, I don’t mean the […]


7 Tips for a First Time Bitcoin Investor

My credit card is hacked. Again. This is the second time my credit card is canceled because of fraudulent transactions. Make no mistake, I don’t use my credit card recklessly. I use it only with a few reputable websites and brick and mortar shops. I didn’t have to pay for the fraudulent transactions attempted via […]


Before You Invest All of Your Savings in Bitcoin

Ask yourself the following questions: “Am I ready to lose all of my investments in Bitcoin?” “How would I behave, if Bitcoin price crashed 80%?” I even hear stories of people withdrawing credit from bank to invest more than 100% of their net worth in Bitcoin. If you find yourself in that situation let me […]


Mass Destruction of Our Cognitive Abilities

The combination of the Internet and our electronic devices destroyed our attention span so bad that a disaster is waiting us unless we do something about it. The good news is that people who can take charge of their attention span will have an enormous advantage over others. However, they’ll still have a hard job, […]


Cryptocurrency Bubble and Why It’s a Good Thing

The state of the current Cryptocurrency space reminds me the state of the Dot-Com Bubble of early 2000’s. Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily. Some companies, such as Amazon and eBay, survived and thrived after that era. New and successful companies followed them after the bubble. The Dot-Com Bubble was a great time for […]

Burak Bilgin

Software developer with a Ph.D. and 15 years of experience. I write daily on personal development and life lessons. Sign up to my email newsletter to receive a weekly overview of my latest content on personal development and life lessons.