Korean educator · Jeju Island · running a one-person company with a homemade swarm of ~60 AI agents.
What stays human when the machine is also in the room.
This is an English-language essay newsletter from the southern coast of Korea. I write about what I can automate, and what I can't — and more importantly, about the difference between the two.
Every other Sunday, a long essay. In between, shorter field notes and small curations. If I make a claim, it is labelled. If I don't know something, I say UNKNOWN. If I quote a number, the source is in the footnote.
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The new dispatch is being prepared.
Still Hands is reorganising into a weekly curated edition. Each Sunday, one essay from the editor's Korean perspective notes is rewritten for English readers. Issue 03 launches in May 2026.
Recent pieces
Five sections
Long-form essays where field observation meets research. Reported from a one-person desk on Jeju Island.
Study notes we build together with readers. Policy, practice, and evidence laid side by side — with open questions.
External sources the editor actually read. Original author, publisher, year, direct link, and why it matters.
Weekly short observations between the longer essays. Small, honest, unfinished.
Scripture Bible Magazine · Observatory · one issue per book, one observation per chapter. SBM walks through all 66 books and 1,189 chapters in a 9-stage observatory, leaving the text-reads-text seat as a public note. The method is open. The editor's personal practice stays private. Supported by reader patronage.