ESSAYS
Essays and reflections
Long-form writing on philosophy, technology, culture, faith, work, and the questions that shape a life.
The Right to Understand
The Documents That Refused to Speak Most people have encountered a document that appears to be written in English but does not seem addressed…
The Currency of International Authority
A Court Performing Its Duty and Losing Its Credit An international court issues an arrest warrant. From inside the institution, the act appears straightforward.…
Activity Without Alarm
The Body That Changes After Dark A respiratory illness can feel like two different conditions depending on the hour. During the day, a cough…
The Universal Reader Who Does Not Exist
The Feeling of a Clean Page Some pages feel clean before we have decided whether we agree with them. The sentences proceed without congestion.…
From Token Maxing to AI Maturity
When Using More Became a Virtue For a brief period, consuming AI tokens began to look like a professional virtue. Companies announced their intention…
The Grand Narrative Against Grand Narratives
The Distance Between Reputation and Argument A strange discomfort can arise when a celebrated thinker speaks about a subject we know through daily experience.…
When Leaving Church Feels Like Leaving Christianity
When a Place Becomes the Whole World Imagine a person in Japan who became Christian as an adult. Baptism was not a cultural formality…
The Hidden Architecture of Participation
The Same Room, Different Experiences Imagine a dinner after a long day of meetings. Around the table, everyone seems relaxed. People exchange stories, laugh,…
Living by the Horizon
When Time Stops Feeling Endless After living for more than half a century, it becomes difficult to imagine the future as an unlimited field.…
The View We Cannot Possess
The World Seen from Within A religious worldview is rarely experienced by a devout believer as one interpretation among many. From within the faith,…
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