Less Wrong Me

Packet Loss

What Gets Lost in Compression A Valentine to the people who care about me… and deserve better.

Feb 14 • Douglas Wallace

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January 2026

I Don’t Take in Boarders Anymore

There’s a line in The Blues Brothers that caught my attention recently.

Jan 30 • Douglas Wallace

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Cancer Is Great… or It’s the Worst Thing on Earth… Depending on What You Think Life Is For.

Cancer is great.

Jan 24 • Douglas Wallace

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Four Days to Make a Bowl of Black Glass

Some people make stock.

Jan 17 • Douglas Wallace

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The Important Task of Engineering Boredom

We have spent decades treating boredom as a failure state.

Jan 10 • Douglas Wallace

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Words Matter

I remember the moment I flinched after 9/11.

Jan 9 • Douglas Wallace

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December 2025

Don’t Fall in Love with the Prototype

People keep framing the AI race as if it’s a competition to serve them better… more thoughtful answers, better companionship, deeper personalisation, as…

Dec 29, 2025 • Douglas Wallace

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Absurd Resolution And The Limits Of Cosmology

I have been thinking a lot this year about how much of cosmology is actually observation… and how much of it is disciplined storytelling.

Dec 17, 2025 • Douglas Wallace

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The Difference Between Home and Professional Kitchens Is Standards

The difference between home and professional kitchens is not ingredients.

Dec 14, 2025 • Douglas Wallace

The Divorce We Didn’t Seek

And the New Marriage That Might Finally Bring Us Happiness

Dec 11, 2025 • Douglas Wallace

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An Oral Tradition Isn’t Quaint, it's Terrifying.

People talk about oral tradition as if it were a romantic alternative to writing.

Dec 8, 2025 • Douglas Wallace

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November 2025

Why I Substack.

The short answer is that I was done with social media.

Nov 29, 2025 • Douglas Wallace