Author: Paraic Bergin

I’ve loved George Orwell’s 1933 autobiographical novel about his experiences in Paris and London, right from the time I first read it at 16 years old. Little did I suspect that within a few short years, I would be in...

It’s evening time. I’ve been up since 6 am and it’s now on the cusp of 9 pm. I’m tired. I want to go to bed. But I made a commitment to  write and publish every day so I have to finish this before...

“Enlightenment is man’s exit from his self-incurred minority. Minority is the incapacity to use one’s intelligence without the guidance of another…. …Through laziness and cowardice a large part of...

Pearson’s Law is that what gets measured gets done. And what gets measured and reported, improves exponentially. I’ve been doing some measuring and here is my report: I started publishing on Medium.com in May 2020...

Books are magic. I’ve been an avid reader from early childhood. Having exhausted our local library’s children’s section by the time I was 7, I had to ask my mother to get permission for me to borrow from the...