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The World That Continued
The Book on My Father’s Shelf When I was young, I found a book on my father’s shelf that frightened me more than any work of fiction. It was Ben Goto’s The…
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Education After Information Scarcity
The Institution That Outlived Its World Enter a classroom in almost any country and its basic structure will be immediately recognizable. Students of similar ages occupy the same room. A teacher stands…
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Where the City Sends Its Water
When the Rain Reveals the City For several days, my wife and I have stayed at home while heavy rain has continued across Metro Manila. From indoors, the scale of the disruption…
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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.