Writing
Longer thoughts, with room to change my mind.
This is the primary home for Barry’s essays and observations: serious questions, lived experience, dry humor, and the occasional conclusion that survives long enough to become a paragraph.
The older archive remains part of the record. It is being curated, not erased, so readers have context before wandering into years of immediate, personal writing.
Featured
I’ve Used ChatGPT for Years. Most AI Advice Misses the Point.
Stop treating AI like a smarter Google search. The real payoff begins when it becomes another model of the problem—and is allowed to disagree with you.
Selected writing
- Why I Left Social Media in 2021 — A personal account of stepping away from the platforms.
- My Motivation for Writing — The beginning of Barry’s public writing record.
- Holiday Greetings — A seasonal reflection from the archive.
Subjects
Human Nature · AI & Technology · Organizations & Incentives · Belief & Peace · On Stage / Entertainment · Everyday Assumptions
Archive note
Some older posts were written in a more immediate, raw, or socially risky mode. They remain under review with present-day Barry in mind. The aim is not to become bland or rewrite history. It is to make sure the public doorway supplies enough context for the writing to be read as intended.