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Folding context
Context windows, compression, and "folding the dough"
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Deep Future on the Orthogonal Bet Podcast
Roleplaying the future with AI
Feb 5
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Specify it only somewhat
Fragments on agents, Dwarf Fortress, and tape loops
Jan 25
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Strategy in four worlds
Different environments require different survival strategies
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Deep Future
AI-driven scenario planning
Oct 9, 2025
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Gordon Brander
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Cities are routers in network society
They do packet switching for people.
Jun 5, 2025
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Gordon Brander
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The shape of network society
“I’m a McLuhan absolutist now.”
Mar 30, 2025
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Cryptography scales trust
Protocols are to institutions as packet switching is to circuit switching
Feb 25, 2025
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Gordon Brander
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Don't fork the ecosystem
Software can be rebuilt, because software is a machine. But a software ecosystem is not a machine. It is a living system.
Feb 16, 2025
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Where to draw the line?
Breaking a system down into parts
Dec 1, 2024
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