Wayne W. Barrow
Bio
Wayne W. Barrow is a husband and brother who is a writer of diverse themes in non-fiction and fiction. With three acclaimed non-fiction books, he writes about contemporary issues & has published an anthology of 20 captivating short stories.
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Information and Communication Technology Warfare
As a teenager, I was an avid reader of the science fiction genre of novels. I spent my pocket money on books. What I loved most, was the promise of the future greater technology and a promised easier lifestyle. The idea that humans could make robots that were as smart as themselves thrilled me. It was exhilarating. Now, half a century later, I am witnessing similar book concepts manifest themselves increasingly inserting themselves into our mundane world. Let me express my admiration for Isaac Asimov, Jules Vernes, and H.G. Wells. As I grew older, my taste in books changed. I found elements of future worlds, extreme technologies, and gadgets in the writings of authors like James Patterson, who wrote about cyber attacks on police stations, David Rorvik, who introduced the concept of human cloning, the Sunday comic strips featuring Dick Tracy’s equivalent of the Apple Watch and George Orwell’s description of an authoritarian world where fake news was considered the truth and surveillance was as common as family visits.
By Wayne W. Barrowabout a year ago in Criminal
An Act of Kindness
I was extremely distressed, to put it mildly. The feeling was so intense that my faith received a low blow due to the sudden death of my father. Heart attacks are so sudden and final. My feelings were such that I was ashamed of myself as I harboured thoughts similar to those of Job’s wife as recorded in the Old Testament. My father meant the world to me. He was the sole breadwinner in a home consisting of my grieving mother, a semi-educated and indolent brother who was unemployable, and me, a current student at the University of the West Indies. My life and that of my family had taken a dreadful and unexpected turn.
By Wayne W. Barrowabout a year ago in Serve
Getting Older and the Benefits of Gardening
I have fond memories of my grandparents and their friends. Never for one moment did I consider them to be useless bodies of humankind. Never have I dismissed their musings and stories and life experiences. Now that I am misnamed, “Uncle” and “Pops” and variations of those names, I feel like I have aged overnight. It had never concerned me until young people started to look through me as though I was invisible. My smile is pleasant enough. I am that generous neighbor and an elderly man walking briskly along the street, greeting everyone and showing my pearly whites most of the time. It’s a troubling time.
By Wayne W. Barrowabout a year ago in Lifehack
The Olympics and Its Forgotten Mission
Unlike most men, I do not have a lifetime subscription to a sports channel or multiple sports channels. I love the idea of watching any sport at the highest level. For example, I enjoy the thrill of ICC’s T20 World Cup and the exhilarating CPL T20 cricket, the magical FIFA World Cup soccer and the record-breaking prospects of the athletes at the Olympics every four years. The international events' schedules keep me from getting bored and help me avoid unhealthy addictions and obsessions.
By Wayne W. Barrowabout a year ago in Critique
Things Just Do Not Add Up
I have reached the age at which I have few regrets. As I reflected on the times when I turned down the use of psychedelics, I realize that I may have missed critical pieces of information on how to deal with fantasy in a world of reality. I suggest that this may be the year for their reintroduction and legalization or to be immersed in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Reality is overpowering. Left is right and right is wrong and the world appears topsy-turvy. Being woke, for a baby Boomer, is surreal, sheer madness and a loss of one’s senses. Who would have thought that such a transformation would have occurred in a single lifetime?
By Wayne W. Barrowabout a year ago in The Swamp
