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Albert Berk Toledo
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Tired people of the middle east

Too tired to get along.. — A little while ago, I discovered Marjan Farsad, a lovely Iranian singer and animator with a voice as soft as silk. I decided to use one of her songs as material for learning Persian, “Khooneye Ma”. I spent hours looking up each word in the dictionary, to make sense of…

Middle East

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Tired people of the middle east
Tired people of the middle east
Middle East

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Cinema, the art of the polymath

Cinema is a multimedia art form. It requires a wide range of skills. But that’s not what I mean by “the art of the polymath”. See, though cinema is usually thought as a visual art form, it involves a great deal of sound, from music to sound effects and sound…

Cinema

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Cinema, the art of the polymath
Cinema, the art of the polymath
Cinema

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Istanbul to Cairo, our struggle to grip onto our cities

It’s Wednesday evening in New York City. I am at work, just finishing up some coding for the day. The lyrics of the song playing in my headphones go: “What keeps me in this city is not its Bosphorus, it’s my own past. …

Istanbul

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Istanbul to Cairo, our struggle to grip onto our cities
Istanbul to Cairo, our struggle to grip onto our cities
Istanbul

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Dec 30, 2022

On Science vs. Spirituality

What is real? Is there such a thing as an objective reality? Do you see what I’m seeing? Do you feel the same way I do? These questions are at the heart of humanity’s struggle towards harmony. We live in a time when we are more certain of other people’s…

Science

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On Science vs. Spirituality
On Science vs. Spirituality
Science

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Dec 7, 2022

On Perfectionism

Perfectionism. Is it a good thing? Is it the component that enables successful people to create great work? Is it the habit of geniuses who create the tools, the art and the ideas that push civilization forward? …

Ideas

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On Perfectionism
On Perfectionism
Ideas

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Nov 16, 2022

On Patience and Faith

Patience is a concept we learn very early on in our lives. Kids are stereotypically impatient. They want things, and they want them now. I personally remember being extremely frustrated by the idea of waiting until I finish dinner to eat desert. …

Philosophy

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On Patience and Faith
On Patience and Faith
Philosophy

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Sep 19, 2022

On Trust

Trust is the bedrock of any working, healthy process in the dimension of time. The meta process is life itself. Subprocesses can be relationships, projects, healing… Anything with a definition that spans multiple moments in time. Trust is built in the union of the universe we live in and our…

Spirituality

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On Trust
On Trust
Spirituality

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Nov 24, 2021

SON ATLAR

New York’ta şimşekler çakıyordu. Tüm dünyayı savıp savuran salgın, beni de evime kapatmıştı. Ambulans sesleri durmuyordu ama ben kendi çöplüğümde huzurluydum. Bir sabah adadaki faytonların kalktığına dair gelen mesajlara uyandım. Sanki çok yakından tanıdığım ama uzun suredir göremediğim biri uzaktayken ölmüş gibi hissettim. …

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SON ATLAR
SON ATLAR

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Feb 1, 2021

Personality types, good or bad?

We tend to resist being put into boxes, categories, “types”, because we are all unique, we really are. So, can studying personality types help in any way? — The Resistance A common critique of personality types is that they put people in boxes. That makes me think of the joke, “I am a millennial, I don’t like labels!”. The fact is that every tool we use to communicate from words to letters to labels and categories are all imperfect ways…

Personality Types

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Personality types, good or bad?
Personality types, good or bad?
Personality Types

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Dec 7, 2020

The Shoemaker — A short story

There is a village of good and honest people. They all grow tomatoes and feed themselves. They use materials they find around to build their homes, make tools, make fire to stay warm etc. Everyone is self reliant, no need for help from each other. This helps with the social…

Economy

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The Shoemaker — A short story
The Shoemaker — A short story
Economy

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Albert Berk Toledo

Albert Berk Toledo

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Media, Tech, Middle East, Cinema • Istanbul | New York • alberttoledo.com

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