Try this experiment: open Pinterest and search for "beautiful black woman." Then search for "beautiful white woman." What you'll discover is more than just a algorithmic quirk—it's a digital Rorschach test revealing the hidden prejudices embedded in our technology. The first search returns a handful of results, often exoticized or stereotyped, while the second generates endless pages of diverse, celebrated beauty. This isn't just a failure of programming; it's the ghost in the machine made visible. What you're witnessing here is what I call "algorithmic morality"—the invisible ethical frameworks baked into code by developers who may not even realize they're making moral judgments. The Pinterest algorithm, trained on human preferences and historical data, didn't just learn what's popular—it learned what society has historically valued. And in doing so, it perpetuated and amplified centuries of racial bias at digital speed. Th...

In the Middle Ages, knowing Latin meant you held the keys to knowledge, power, and societal influence. Today, that key isn't a dead language - it's JavaScript, Python, and C++. And we're recreating the same feudal system, just with better WiFi. Just half a century ago, computer programming existed as an arcane discipline confined largely to university laboratories and research institutions. It was the exclusive domain of highly specialized professionals—primarily mathematicians, physicists, and engineers—who served as the high priests of this new digital temple. These early programmers didn't merely write code; they conducted intricate dialogues with room-sized machines that demanded both mathematical precision and almost alchemical intuition. What's particularly striking is how this rarefied world mirrors the medieval scholarly circles where Latin flourished. Much like the clergy who controlled access to sacred texts and theological discourse, these early computer ...

This blog is not about programming, although I intend to talk a lot about it. This blog is about our contemporary society. It just so happens that computer programming is an incredibly important theme in contemporary society. We live immersed in the internet, in cell phone applications, and even our paper money is gradually being replaced by encrypted records in computers. Many of us are even giving up on reality, whatever that may be, to live in a completely virtual world. Friendships are made and broken, romantic relationships start and end without the involved people ever even shaking hands or exchanging a hug. How does all of this influence our minds? How does this current life affect our psyche? Who are we, after all, in the face of all this new, unreal reality in which we live? Discussing this is the ultimate goal of this blog. Of course, it will seem funny to talk about computer programming in the middle of all this philosophical and psychoanalytical conversation! And it's m...