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Memory, Modernity, and the Latinization of the Vietnamese Voice
Observations on the Northern Road Walking through the wide, tree-lined boulevards of Hanoi, one encounters a society moving with calm, unmistakable velocity. At street crossings around the Old Quarter and along the…
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The Pragmatist in Rubber Sandals
The Red River Behind Us Our second morning in Vietnam begins with the hum of a tour coach making its deliberate way out of Hanoi, leaving the dense, waking city behind. My…
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The Cult of the Deterministic Mind
The Eclipse of the Spoken Word Every major technological shift eventually undergoes an intellectual narrowing, an inward retreat where radical possibilities are quietly reshaped to match the anxieties of their builders. When…
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Tom Yonashiro is a writer with a background in philosophy, religion, technology, and cybersecurity marketing. He writes to translate life’s complexities into meaning.