This comes from the blog entry “On Taking Pictures in Kathmandu."
https://thisjapaneselife.org/2015/04/27/on-taking-pictures-in-kathmandu/

It comes from the utterly unique, wonderful blog “This Japanese Life,” which mainly ran from 2010-2013, when a New England scholar took a stab at teaching in Japan. To say culture-shock was a factor would be the world’s biggest understatement, but I thought the writer (Eryk Salvaggio) did an incredible job documenting everything from a POV that… I can’t even put my finger on. “Zen-New England style,” to coin a phrase? XD

https://thisjapaneselife.org/

Eryk Salvaggio is an American writer, researcher, and digital artist best known for his blog This Japanese Life, documenting his experiences living in Japan (2010–2013). The blog combined observations of Japanese culture with thoughtful, often personal reflections on identity, cultural assimilation, and expatriate life; he subsequently published a book collecting selected entries.

Eryk’s since shifted toward examining the cultural, political, and philosophical implications of AI. He is a Gates Scholar pursuing a PhD in Digital Humanities at Cambridge, and publishes Cybernetic Forests, a newsletter exploring AI, technology, and society.

His work is characterized by a humanities-oriented, critical examination of how technology shapes our understanding of the world.

Before everyone gets their dander up… he’s not pro-AI, he’s examining its impact. Big difference, little Nepal.