Uncertain Updates

Uncertain Updates: September 2025

Does the calendar say October?

Oct 1 • 

Gordon Seidoh Worley

September 2025

The Autofac Era

If we don’t build AGI in the next 5 years, I think it’s likely that we end up in what I’m calling the Autofac Era, where much of the economy is…

Sep 24 • 

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Software Engineering Leadership in Flux

I wasn’t able to put up a post last Wednesday because I was at the Engineering Leadership Conference here in San Francisco.

Sep 17 • 

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All Exponentials are Eventually S-Curves

A couple times a week I read something about growth, usually about AI, that includes a chart that looks like this:

Sep 3 • 

Gordon Seidoh Worley

August 2025

Uncertain Updates August 2025

This past month I’ve been experimenting with video posts, as you’ve probably noticed (unless you read all these posts on Less Wrong, in which case, now…

Aug 27 • 

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The trouble with "enlightenment"

“Enlightenment” is not a good translation of the Buddhist concept of bodhi.

Aug 20 • 

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13:02

Good Faith Arguments

People liked last week's video essay, and I had fun doing it, so I decided to do a few more.

Aug 13 • 

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12:59

My Mistake, Your Problem

I didn’t have time to write a post this week because I was away at a sesshin (meditation retreat) for several days.

Aug 6 • 

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9:32

July 2025

Uncertain Updates: July 2025

As predicted, editing is going much quicker since finishing the massive rewrite of Chapter 2.

Jul 30 • 

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Women Want Safety, Men Want Respect

Men and women frequently misunderstand each other's motivations.

Jul 23 • 

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Being and Existence

I find it useful to make an admittedly idiosyncratic distinction between "being" and "existence".

Jul 16 • 

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Hand Made by Judy

This past weekend I was in Florida visiting family.

Jul 9 • 

Gordon Seidoh Worley