· 8 min read · Ismail Gokdeniz
The Wooden Horse and the Burden We Carry: Knowing or Becoming?
Rumi imagined a child carrying the stick he believes is carrying him. Read alongside Socrates and Spinoza, it becomes a question about all of us.
Essays
Occasional writing on reading, attention, habits, philosophy and ethics — the ideas behind Cogletta.
· 6 min read · Ismail Gokdeniz
Escaping the Pixelated Cave: Why Plato's Allegory Still Matters
Plato imagined prisoners who mistook shadows for reality. Twenty-four centuries later, the shadows are algorithmic — and the harder question is whether we are outside the cave at all.
· 4 min read · Ismail Gokdeniz
Chasing an Idea: The Morning Surprises of My Own Creation
A personal essay on the quiet joy of waking up to something I built myself — and how a side project became a small, satisfying part of my daily routine.
· 4 min read · Ismail Gokdeniz
Why Read Three Articles a Day?
A short essay on why small, consistent reading habits matter more than ambitious goals, and why three thoughtful articles every morning can be enough.
· 4 min read · Ismail Gokdeniz
We Didn't Stop Reading. We Stopped Choosing What to Read.
A short essay on fragmented attention, the loss of reading habits, and why finding a few good articles has become harder than reading them.
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