As we welcome the Lunar New Year of the Horse, a classic Japanese tale of blind idealism reminds us of the dangers of unmanaged technology
Why Dickens’ Most Hated Book is His Most Essential for us in 2025
An excerpt from Part II, Chapter 1 wherein Oblomov is inspired to get out of bed, to start reading books again, and perhaps even to pay a compliment.
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.
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.
It's the eternal human tension, stillness vs. action, from 1859 to today
Oblomov, by Goncharov (Part 1, Chapter 1)
Quit doom-scrolling. Read Sōseki's "Kokoro". You'll feel better.
