PHILOSOPHY · TECHNOLOGY · CULTURE · LIFE
Writing as a way of making sense of life.
Long-form reflections on meaning, knowledge, work, faith, and the changing human world.
Latest Essays
-
The Voice of a Finite Life
A Stone, a Body, and a Conscious Life A stone in front of us appears to possess a kind of permanence. We may see it today and imagine that it will remain in the same place for ten years, a…
-
The Unequal Freedom to Leave
The Inequality That Did Not Produce a Revolution An economy can become more unequal without becoming proportionately more intolerable. That appears to be one of the defining contradictions of the present age. Wealth has accumulated at the top on a…
-
The Long Tail of Intelligence
When a Skill File Becomes More Than an Instruction The conversation began with a practical question about skill files. Online discussions increasingly recommend downloading SKILL.md files from public repositories and giving them to an AI as a way to improve…
EXPLORE BY SUBJECT
Topics
Browse essays through the recurring subjects and questions that shape the blog.
About Tom
Tom Yonashiro is a writer with a background in philosophy, religion, technology, and cybersecurity marketing. He writes to translate life’s complexities into meaning.