Agents are actors

Multi-agent is just actor model

Apr 20 • Gordon Brander

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Barbells

A dispatch from the jagged singularity

Apr 18 • Gordon Brander

26

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The bottleneck shifts to distribution

Here comes everybody

Apr 8 • Gordon Brander

26

6

Dropping to log-level

Logs are invaluable when things spin out of control.

Apr 7 • Gordon Brander

34

4

February 2026

Folding context

Context windows, compression, and "folding the dough"

Feb 25 • Gordon Brander

35

7

Deep Future on the Orthogonal Bet Podcast

Roleplaying the future with AI

Feb 5 • Gordon Brander

11

January 2026

Specify it only somewhat

Fragments on agents, Dwarf Fortress, and tape loops

Jan 25 • Gordon Brander

29

3

Strategy in four worlds

Different environments require different survival strategies

Jan 11 • Gordon Brander

36

4

October 2025

Deep Future

AI-driven scenario planning

Oct 9, 2025 • Gordon Brander

48

7

June 2025

Cities are routers in network society

They do packet switching for people.

Jun 5, 2025 • Gordon Brander

35

5

March 2025

The shape of network society

“I’m a McLuhan absolutist now.”

Mar 30, 2025 • Gordon Brander

69

9

February 2025

Cryptography scales trust

Protocols are to institutions as packet switching is to circuit switching

Feb 25, 2025 • Gordon Brander

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