Japan’s Most Interesting Newspaper Is for Recluses, by Recluses

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Japan’s Most Interesting Newspaper Is for Recluses, by Recluses
Rohini Chaki, Atlas Obscura, 2019/03/13
This article is a little off-topic for this newsletter, but the existence of the hikikomori (a name for self-imposed recluses in Japan) speaks to an undercurrent of online culture (I have no doubt a similar phenomenon exists in other countries as well). The focus of the article is on a hikikomori newspaper. More...