https://georgebarber.blogEssays by George Barber.Personality labels promise self-knowledge. They can also become rules about what you are allowed to do next.https://georgebarber.blog/work/you-are-not-your-type/https://georgebarber.blog/work/you-are-not-your-type/Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTMerit is judged only after opportunity has already moved through access, familiarity, and inherited confidence.https://georgebarber.blog/work/networking-or-nepotism/https://georgebarber.blog/work/networking-or-nepotism/Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTClimate action may need less faith in goodwill and more attention to the incentives that make cooperation hold.https://georgebarber.blog/work/cooperation-or-coordination-the-case-for-a-new-climate-strategy/https://georgebarber.blog/work/cooperation-or-coordination-the-case-for-a-new-climate-strategy/Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTWhy should adulthood narrow a whole social world into one household and one relationship?https://georgebarber.blog/work/why-i-dont-want-to-live-alone-with-my-partner/https://georgebarber.blog/work/why-i-dont-want-to-live-alone-with-my-partner/Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTCertainty is satisfying. It is also a poor substitute for knowing where our own view stops.https://georgebarber.blog/work/a-call-for-modesty/https://georgebarber.blog/work/a-call-for-modesty/Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT