ESSAYS
Essays and reflections
Long-form writing on philosophy, technology, culture, faith, work, and the questions that shape a life.
The History That Cannot Be Faked
When Publishing Became Easy The internet was once celebrated as the place where anyone could become a publisher. Before the web, sharing ideas with…
The Long Search for Spontaneous Writing
The Strange Freedom of a Pencil One of the most surprising discoveries about writing is that its best moments often do not feel like…
When We Mistake Theology for Politics
The Headline That Says More Than It Appears To Some news headlines appear straightforward until we begin asking what assumptions lie beneath them. Recently,…
The Future That Keeps Us Young
Growing Older No Longer Looks the Same There is a familiar surprise in watching television programs recorded several decades ago. A person introduced as…
The Return of the Knowledge Worker
The Strange Feeling That Something Has Already Changed The first signs were easy to overlook because they appeared through ordinary tasks rather than dramatic…
When Signs Stop Speaking
When Sophistication Begins to Feel Empty There was a time when a minimalist corporate logo seemed to communicate confidence. The clean typeface, restrained colors,…
The Canon Principle
Writing, Meaning, and the Shape of a Life When Music Changes the View When my wife walked through the church during our wedding, Pachelbel’s…
The Limits We Mistook for Reality
Many limits that shaped our understanding were never absolute limits of knowledge. The Month the Numbers Broke the Pattern Patch Tuesday has long followed…
When Knowledge Stops Living in Documents
I have come to imagine such a package as an AI feed cassette. The Moment I Stopped Thinking About Files For a long time,…
The Line That Holds the Throne
A Debate Hidden Inside Another Debate Japan’s current discussion about the Imperial Family appears, at first, to concern a limited institutional problem. The number…
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