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Hello, Stranger: Stories of Connection in a Divided World

Hello, Stranger: Stories of Connection in a Divided World

Hello, Stranger is a book about cultivating hospitality, and keeping open the doors, in a world where almost everyone is a stranger.

2022

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How to Think More Deeply About Work

If we want to work better, first we need to think better

9 min readMay 10, 2021

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On Bread and Fiction

Knowing when to knead your work and when to let it rise

4 min readMar 5, 2021

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The Solitude of Books

In a world obsessed with conversation, physical books bring us solitude and freedom.

4 min readFeb 23, 2021

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The Solitude of Books

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A Love Letter for Myanmar

Myanmar helped me come to terms with grief. Now I am grieving for Myanmar.

10 min readFeb 1, 2021

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Strange Happenings in Japan

A story about fox spirits and fraudsters translated from Taiwanese / Minnan.

9 min readAug 22, 2023

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Strange Happenings in Japan

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Gārgī Vācaknavī, the Eloquent Philosopher

A woman philosopher in Ancient India, and the art of debate

5 min readJul 25, 2023

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Gārgī Vācaknavī, the Eloquent Philosopher

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Eight Ways of Looking at a Spider: An Eight-Legged Essay

We write the way spiders spin webs. Thoughts on the medieval Chinese writer Liu Xie — and spiders!

5 min readJul 22, 2023

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Eight Ways of Looking at a Spider: An Eight-Legged Essay

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Sounds Plausible? The Philosophy of Carneades

6 min readApr 5, 2023

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Sounds Plausible? The Philosophy of Carneades

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Reading Philosophy for Laughs

Why so serious? On philosophy, mood, and why seriousness is overrated.

10 min readFeb 13, 2023

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Knowing, Doing, and Doubting: Nyāya Philosophy

For the philosophers of the Nyāya school, the role of knowledge was to make effective action possible.

8 min readFeb 7, 2023

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Knowing, Doing, and Doubting: Nyāya Philosophy

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Will Buckingham

Will Buckingham

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Writer & philosopher. PhD. Stories & ideas to make the world a better place. HELLO, STRANGER (Granta 2021): BBC R4 Book of the Week. Twitter @willbuckingham

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