It's easy to blame social media, remote work isolation or the loss of "third places." Japan's most famous author says it's an essential feature of modernity.
An excerpt from Lafcadio Hearn's "Gleanings in Buddha Fields," from 1897
From Chap. 3 "Notes of a Trip to Kyoto" by Lafcadio Hearn, 1897
Quit doom-scrolling. Read Sōseki's "Kokoro". You'll feel better.
