The Untranslatable
Fabio CaipirinhaWhere cultures meet, new meanings emerge. Essays on leadership, philosophy, and the untranslatable.
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The Work Behind the Work
In May 2026, the Commonwealth Foundation faced a modern literary crisis: allegations that AI had been used to write winning entries for its Short Story Prize.
The Foundation didn’t try to settle the matter with AI detectors, knowing the te...
When the Gods Stopped Speaking, Judgment Began
Picture this.
A man lies awake on an oxhide in the entrance hall of his own home. He has spent twenty years trying to return here. Now that he has finally arrived, he cannot tell anyone who he is.
The man is Odysseus. The home is Ithaca....
What Is Lost When Millions of Books Burn?
On 1 August, a Russian attack struck warehouses belonging to the Ukrainian publishing group RNK-Ranok in Kharkiv.
Inside were books.
Millions of them.
The Ukrainian Book Institute now says that attacks during July and August have cost th...
Why Did Japan Separate Literature from Logic?
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
Imagine being sixteen and finding “logic” and “literature” presented as separate subjects.
It sounds reasonable at first. Essays and reports belong to logic. Novels and poems belong to literature.
But the d...
A Great Story Is One Someone Will Defend
Being a huge fan myself of great mafia stories, I couldn’t help it. I have been watching MobLand, the British gangster drama starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren.
It is very good at keeping me watching.
That sounds like p...
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Born in São Paulo, shaped by a life lived across continents, based in Tokyo. I write about culture, identity, leadership, literature, and the untranslatable. Sometimes Marcus Aurelius. Sometimes takoyaki.
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