• Taste, Design and Aesthetic — Age of AI is redefining techs

    23rd January 2026

    I was watching Steve Jobs’s speech on the other day, and it struck me that Apple’s success wasn’t built on technological innovation alone — though their tech is undeniably advanced. What set Apple apart was design. The taste, the aesthetic vision that Steve Jobs brought to every Apple device.
    Jobs was famously difficult, perhaps even obsessively fastidious. His perfectionism was so intense that his own company grew frustrated enough to kick him out. Yet when he returned in the 1990s, the market vindicated him completely. His taste, his relentless pursuit of beauty — it was right all along.
    Today, AI can do almost everything: generate images, build websites, design prototypes, and program entire systems. You name it, AI delivers. You may ask: What’s the point of human involvement when machines can handle it all?
    Here’s the thing: AI is the car, but you’re still holding the steering wheel.
    Your aesthetic judgment becomes the critical factor determining whether the output is beautiful or merely functional. If your taste is mediocre, AI will inevitably produce mediocre results. Garbage in, garbage out — but applied to sensibility rather than data.
    There’s another crucial difference. Jobs didn’t just have good taste — he was opinionated about it. AI algorithms are designed to please the majority, to generate what most people would find acceptable, more precisely, the algorithms guess the most possible in-favored content. But transformative design always challenges conventional thinking. It disrupts. It makes bold choices that initially seem wrong.
    That’s something AI cannot currently simulate: the courage to go against the grain when your instincts tell you the crowd is wrong.
    So here’s my advice: cultivate your taste deliberately. Take art classes. Visit museums. Read poetry. Surround yourself with beautiful things — whether that’s Renaissance paintings or the gorgeous people in your life who inspire you(for example, like me).
    In an AI-driven world, your aesthetic judgment isn’t becoming obsolete. It’s becoming your most valuable asset.

  • Language of Thoughts — an new app I have been developing

    The modern internet makes being authentic expensive.

    Between the pressure of algorithms and the need for social approval, speaking honestly often feels like a risk. We start to believe that messy thoughts, uncertainty, and changing our minds are flaws, rather than just part of being human.

    I built Language of Thoughts (LOT) to lower that cost.

    LOT is a space designed for thinking, not performing. Here, words aren’t treated as evidence to be judged—they are simply tools to help you figure out what you mean.

    How it works:

    • Write freely: You can write for yourself, for a trusted circle, or for the public.
    • Choose your visibility: Remain completely anonymous or attach your name.
    • Zero noise: There are no likes, no follower counts, and no ranking mechanisms.

    The goal isn’t to win an argument or go viral. The goal is to give form to the thoughts that usually remain unfinished or unspoken.

    LOT is not a social network. It is a place where thoughts are allowed to exist.

    Welcome to LOT. https://lot.superable.net

  • My Thoughts on Planning

    1st January 2026

    Happy New Year, first of all. I was trying to make plans for 2026, and I was wondering — how exactly should we do — in order to maximize our results? Plans are essential for our lives, specifically for achieving our goals. Some people think I am an anarchist — I am not. I feel skeptical about the authoritarian style of governing, not just in governments, but also in how we organize our day-to-day lives; most people agree with me. Yet the completely “anarchist” way of governing(they don’t govern) has nothing better than that.

    The 2nd law of thermodynamics states that “entropy” can only stay the same or increase in an isolated system. Sounds abstract, forget about math or whatever the hack you used to believe what physics is, think instead in terms of how many ways a system can be arranged.

    A high-entropy state has many possible arrangements.

    A low-entropy state has very few possible arrangements.

    Entropy is simply a measure that counts the number of microscopic arrangements that yield the same visible situation.

    Think of your own home. A room without cleaning inevitably leads to a mess; a restroom inevitably leads to filth. Why? Because there are infinite ways for a room to be messy (high entropy), but very few ways for it to be perfectly clean (low entropy).

    An “anarchist” lifestyle — living without plans or rules — will inevitably lead to this chaos. Just like that uncleaned room, life naturally drifts toward disorder. This is why you need plans. To achieve a goal — whether in society, economics, businesses, or just personal life — you must input energy to reduce that entropy. Certain regulations are not just essential; they are necessary to keep the system from falling apart.

    So, I am, de facto, a minarchist. In government, a minarchist believes in the minimum state necessary to preserve liberty. Same thing, in goal setting, I believe in the minimum structure necessary to preserve order.

    If you are an authoritarian to yourself, you might as well vote for the dictators. But I am not mad at that pathetic fact, nor will I blame you. You waste energy maintaining the structure rather than doing the work. On the other hand, if you are too anarchic, you drown in chaos.

    So, how should you set up a plan for 2026?

    It must be specific, and it must be sustainable. You need a plan, not just to live like an animal reacting to impulses, but to regulate yourself with intent. An optimal plan is a minimum structure that maximizes the probability of acceptable outcomes. You can use minimal energy to achieve exactly what you want, provided you apply that energy to the right pressure points. Don’t build a prison for yourself; build a framework. Minimize the chaos, minimize the wasted spending of energy, and maintain the highest possibility of a positive outcome.

  • New Website Theme Updates

    I have updated the theme of my website,

    I believe the new theme is more likely to reflect what I always try to emphasize — keep things simple.

    I enjoy a clean page; “less is more” — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

  • Qbik Note Announcement

    Proud to officially share the app I’ve been building — Qbik helps you visualize and manage your day, one hour at a time.
    With Live Activities and Dynamic Island support, Qbik keeps your day on track without ever opening the app.
    ✅ Plan your hours
    ✅ Stay focused
    ✅ Build better habits
    Check it out 👉

    https://getqbik.com

    Also available on AppStore

    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qbik-note/id6745190382

Acun Kaya

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