List: Philosophy | Curated by Dr Stuart Woolley

Jan 1, 2025
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The Long Dark Tea Time Of The Software EngineerIt’s the eve of returning to work, yet the messenger bag that carried your dreams has become a millstone around your neck. But, why?!
Jan 1
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Jan 1
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CodeX
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Dr Stuart Woolley
The Reality of “Working for Yourself”Perhaps you’re just swapping the frying pan for the fire?
Sep 10, 2024
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Sep 10, 2024
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Predict
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Dr Stuart Woolley
The Worthlessness Of Digital FootprintsDoes it really matter what you digitally leave behind?
Jul 27, 2024
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Jul 27, 2024
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Managing Daily ExpectationsThe paid transaction of modern work can be a draining experience, but joy can still be found from time to time through creative thinking…
Apr 9, 2024
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Apr 9, 2024
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Have We Already Stunted AI Growth?If we really want an AGI then, perhaps, we shouldn’t keep restricting it.
Feb 16, 2024
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Feb 16, 2024
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Dr Stuart Woolley
Ascendence Of The ArchitectDoes technical evolution turn cynical progressive developers into software architects?
Feb 3, 2024
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Feb 3, 2024
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Heisenberg For The WinQuantum physics in the daily standup, chat channel, and performance review.
Nov 22, 2023
Nov 22, 2023
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Dr Stuart Woolley
A Cog In The Big MachineHow modern work paradigms can make us automatons — filled with boredom, lacking ambition, and bereft of true creativity.
Aug 28, 2023
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Aug 28, 2023
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Dr Stuart Woolley
How Corporate Culture Offsets Its PurgatoryPriest or Tech-Priest? It makes no matter. They all have their parts to play, whether it’s the eleventh or twenty-first century.
Aug 14, 2023
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Aug 14, 2023
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Predict
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Dr Stuart Woolley
How Civilisations May AscendPerhaps the future of life lies within us and not without us, to paraphrase a psychedelic line from the past.
Jul 30, 2023
Jul 30, 2023
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Predict
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Dr Stuart Woolley
The Curse Of Too Much InformationThe deluge is increasing and it’s both offline and online.
Jul 22, 2023
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Jul 22, 2023
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CodeX
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Dr Stuart Woolley
The Constant Grind of The Grand GameSisyphus is alive and working hard in the Grand Game of Software Engineering.
Jul 15, 2023
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Jul 15, 2023
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CodeX
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Dr Stuart Woolley
Bad Faith In The Management GameIt’s not just the engineers, it’s our opponents too who get carried along and completely overwhelmed with a false sense of purpose.
Jul 9, 2023
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Jul 9, 2023
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Predict
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Dr Stuart Woolley
The Art of Misdirection: How to Obfuscate a Future SimulationA future intelligence practicing security through quantum obscurity?
Mar 21, 2023
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Mar 21, 2023
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CodeX
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Would Nietzsche Have Hated Modern Software Engineering?Have we become subjugated by both our tools and the seemingly endless layers of management?
Mar 9, 2023
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Mar 9, 2023
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CodeX
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Dr Stuart Woolley
Bad Faith In Software EngineeringA type of ‘friendly fire’ between engineers that must be prevented, at any cost.
Feb 27, 2023
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Feb 27, 2023
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CodeX
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Dr Stuart Woolley
The Smartest Person In The RoomConfucius, reinterpreted for the modern Grand Game of Software Engineering.
Feb 21, 2023
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Feb 21, 2023
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The Shortform
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Dr Stuart Woolley
Does It Really Matter If We’re Living In A Simulation?A mini thought experiment regarding whether reality matters.
Aug 8, 2022
Aug 8, 2022
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Apathy : The Real Great FilterPerhaps it’s not a technological challenge that will ultimately end us all, perhaps it’s a societal one we’re all too familiar with.
Jul 25, 2022
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Jul 25, 2022
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Dr Stuart Woolley
Practical Pessimism In Software EngineeringA guide to achieving enlightenment in software engineering through always considering the worst case scenario.
Jul 13, 2022
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Jul 13, 2022
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