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Stories, reading, and essays—attending to people and lived experience.

FICTION · IN PROGRESS

Civilization

Where history, institutions, and engineering meet, how do ordinary people change a world?

A novel in progress. In a world where science fiction meets fantasy, it explores civilization, human choices, and the strength of collective action. The worldbuilding, overall outline, and chapter drafts are taking shape as the writing continues.

About the novel
Original mood illustration for Civilization: lights and ordinary lives within a vast city.
Original mood illustration for Qingshan: a notebook beside a window and distant green hills.

EARLIER WRITING

2025 · Writing-study materials

Qingshan

Notes on writing and growth, rooted in lived experience and reading the classics.

About these notes

LancerUN · Published essays

LancerUN — notes across life, learning, and AI.

Notes on AI, education, reading, and our human future.

At the meeting point of possibilities, leave room for human choice.
At the meeting point of possibilities, leave room for human choice. · Original concept cover

AI & our human future

At the Foot of the Mountain, Awaiting the Singularity

When intelligence becomes widely available, what makes a life distinctly human?

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The future is a set of paths still open.
The future is a set of paths still open. · Original concept cover
AI & our human future

So Many Tomorrows Are Worth Reaching

What kind of tomorrow is worth reaching—and what can we begin today?

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Change arrives in layers; choice remains in our hands.
Change arrives in layers; choice remains in our hands. · Original concept cover
AI & our human future

When Something Big Is Happening

Learning to act and collaborate while the world changes around us.

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Understanding takes shape between the page and another lived experience.
Understanding takes shape between the page and another lived experience. · Original concept cover
Education & reading

When We Find Resonance, Education Is Truly Complete

Some lessons make sense only when life returns us to their pages.

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Through changing time, hold the thread that connects us.
Through changing time, hold the thread that connects us. · Original concept cover
New Year’s message

A New Year’s Message for 2026 | Write Our Stories with Heart, Make Peace with the Future through Steadfastness

We can move forward without giving up the moments that make us human.

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