Daniel Berry · Novels, essays & being human
Some questions
stay with us.
About who we are. What we want.
And what we might not have understood yet.
I write novels and essays about being human. The closer I look, the more I find myself questioning things I thought I knew. If something here does that for you, too, I’d like to hear about it.
AI, technology & leadership
The work
beyond the page.
I lead engineering, quality assurance and product at Rimsys. Through Built by Berry, I develop AI applications and software tools, including Prymer, Marshall and Laravel Swarm.
The questions I explore in my writing matter across that work, too: what we choose, who carries the work, and what follows.
Thoughts & essays
A few minutes here.
Let me think about that
What would make it easier to come back with a different answer?
An open questionWhen help gets a vote
One choice is right there. The other requires explaining yourself. On a tired day, that is quite a vote.
Technology & choiceBeing Needed
I permitted myself to carry more easily than I permitted myself to be carried.
From The Inconvenient HumanNovels & personal nonfiction
Other lives.
Familiar questions.
A marriage. A world where help is always available. A closer look at my own life. Three books, each with its own way in.
Everything We Asked For
Maren and Jack are building a life together. The system helps with the details—and gains a place in the decisions that matter most.
404: Conscious Not Found
Four lives in a world where help is always available—and choosing differently takes more and more effort.
The Inconvenient Human
Desire, ambition, grief, and the distance between understanding ourselves and living with what we find.
What I’m working on
Still taking shape.
Four books are in progress. They move through love, faith, belonging, and the kind of person we become while trying to care for one another.
See the books in progress- What We Still WantPreview available
- The Man I Want to BePreview available
- A Place to BelongPreview available
- Untitled romancePreview available
From The Inconvenient Human
The laptop
between us.
An application, a book, another project. I can always find something that needs work. In this passage, Misha and I are on the couch with a movie playing. My laptop is open.
A little more about me“The movie continues. Misha is beside me. My attention is still inside the work.”
The Inconvenient Human
Beyond the page
What did it
bring up for you?
Something familiar? Something you see differently? A question of your own? I’d like to hear it.
Let’s talkThinking of a conversation with your group or organization? Invite me to speak.