Originally published in Brandmail/Brandlife in 2013, this essay’s reflections on the relationship between technology and humanity remain as relevant today as ever — perhaps even more so. In 2025, it was republished as part of Sensera Edition, where its ideas continue to evolve in new light.
We are now living in an era where we can host virtual gatherings with friends from all over the world while sitting in our own living rooms. With just a headset, we can instantly access information about the people we encounter. We are surrounded by machines that can think, decide, and connect the entire world what we casually call “technological progress.”
But when we look closer at these developments, doesn’t it feel like technology is merging the right brain with the left, the body with the soul, and matter with energy?
A person whose right and left brain are in balance can intuitively sense others—even at a distance. They can communicate through feelings and even influence reality itself by tapping into a shared consciousness.
In essence, technology is simply holding up a mirror to show us… ourselves, humans “
At the time, many of the ideas I expressed felt abstract or futuristic, yet today they are woven into the very fabric of daily life. At Sensera, our perspective on technology builds upon this early intuition.
What if technology has never truly been about creating something beyond humanity — but about revealing what has always been possible within it?
Every leap in digital connection, every form of artificial intelligence, is in some way an echo of our own inner architecture — our ability to sense, remember, process, and reach beyond what seems visible. The networked world we have built outside mirrors the intricate intelligence that already exists inside us.
Technology doesn’t invent our capacities; it reflects them.
It shows us the full spectrum of our design — how the mind scans reality like a field of data, how emotion transmits like a signal, how intuition connects what logic cannot reach.
This is why, at Sensera, we see technology not as a separate force, but as a mirror held to the human spirit — revealing both our brilliance and our blind spots, our collective memory and our next becoming.
By Ahu Sarıalioğlu