Books are Dead... Long Live Books

Is AI an existential threat to book reading, or only the most recent challenger? Read a 140-year old debate from Octave Uzanne to get some perspective.

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Books are Dead... Long Live Books

A Living God: The Story of Hamaguchi Gohei

An excerpt from Lafcadio Hearn's "Gleanings in Buddha Fields," from 1897

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A Living God: The Story of Hamaguchi Gohei

How a Classic Geometric Parable Can Inspire Multi-dimensional Thinking

A Square sees beyond his Flatland. Can you?

Eric Stryson
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How a Classic Geometric Parable Can Inspire Multi-dimensional Thinking

Idleness vs. Industry: Insight on Life & Work from Goncharov’s Oblomov

It's the eternal human tension, stillness vs. action, from 1859 to today

Eric Stryson
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Idleness vs. Industry: Insight on Life & Work from Goncharov’s Oblomov

Invisible by Choice: Merton's wisdom on Anonymity

Amidst worship of online profiles & artificial status, a modern monk's journey is enlightening.

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Invisible by Choice: Merton's wisdom on Anonymity

Our Modern Loneliness Epidemic: Diagnosed in Japan, 1914

Quit doom-scrolling. Read Sōseki's "Kokoro". You'll feel better.

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Our Modern Loneliness Epidemic: Diagnosed in Japan, 1914

Ink & Time: Discover Forgotten Books and Literary Treasures from the Analog Era

Your guide to classic literature recommendations, rare book reviews, and timeless books that shaped our world - celebrating underappreciated authors and out of print books from the pre-digital era.

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Ink & Time: Discover Forgotten Books and Literary Treasures from the Analog Era

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