Fabio Caipirinha
Essays on what survives the crossing.
境界を越えて、なお残るもの。
On literature, philosophy, and life between cultures.
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What Is Lost When Millions of Books Burn?
When strikes destroyed some 13 million books in Ukraine, the loss went beyond the volumes themselves. Culture survives only while someone can still edit, print, carry and teach it: culture is also a supply chain.
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What Survives Across Civilizations May Be True
Marcus Aurelius ruled Rome; Kenkō watched the world from medieval Japan. Neither knew the other, yet both reached similar insights about limits and loss. Perhaps universal truth looks less like sameness than like convergence.
Hubert Robert, Imaginary View of the Grande Galerie of the Louvre in Ruins, 1796 · public domain
Even Gods Needed Writers
Jesus, Muhammad and the Buddha left no books in their own hand; others listened, remembered and wrote. Why the random, unfinished sentence matters: it is how a living mind outlasts the person who had it.
Caravaggio, The Inspiration of Saint Matthew, 1602 · public domainImage credits and licences
Featured: The Burning of the Library of Alexandria, 19th-century illustration — public domain. Supporting essays: Hubert Robert, Imaginary View of the Grande Galerie of the Louvre in Ruins (1796) — public domain; Caravaggio, The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (1602) — public domain. Supporting images are displayed with a 4:3 crop.
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Crossings
Language, culture, identity, belonging.
Human Life
Literature, philosophy, memory, meaning.
Judgment
Leadership, organizations, decisions, AI.
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Writing and making: method, process, authorship.
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My current work explores why stories endure and what it means to lead with responsibility.
About
Born in Brazil, I have lived in several countries and studied conservation and museum studies in Britain. After years in international business, I research and teach leadership in Tokyo, and write.