In Conversation with Books
Essays inspired by books, written for our time.
In this section, I explore ideas from literature, philosophy, and history — not as academic studies, but as living conversations about our world today. Each essay begins with a book and extends into questions of how we think, create, and live as human beings in an age of rapid change.
How do we keep going when life refuses to make sense?
We live in a time of quiet exhaustion — always striving, rarely satisfied, and often unsure why we keep moving forward. What if life refuses to give us a clear answer? Between the silence of the world and our longing for meaning, we face the absurd. Yet within that space — through awareness, responsibility, and quiet defiance — we can find something real: not despair, but the quiet strength to begin again.
Artificial Intelligence and the Search for the Human
The rise of AI promises progress — yet stirs a quiet unease. Driven by a self-perpetuating imperative to maximize efficiency and productivity, technology advances without reflection, threatening to standardize the human spirit itself. Where lies the path to resist its dehumanizing effects and preserve freedom?