Astral Codex Ten

Bob

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Bob

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Bob is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 10 times across 10 issues between February 03, 2021 and January 13, 2026. The archive places it in contexts such as “happy active Bob will stay happy and active until (for example) he has a bad breakup with his girlfriend”; “You see Bob. ‘Hi, Bob!’ ‘Hey, good to see you again!’”; “Bob and Ramchandra are still talking about fintech”. It most often appears alongside Ramchandra, Bay Area, Peter Thiel.

Metadata

  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 10
  • Issue count: 10
  • First seen: February 03, 2021
  • Last seen: January 13, 2026

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Source Context

Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Ontology Of Psychiatric Conditions: Dynamical Systems
February 03, 2021 · Original source
...ystem as having two attractor states – Bob being happy and active, or Bob being sad and inactive. Each attractor state is stable until acted upon by an outside force. So happy active Bob will stay happy and active until (for example) he has a bad breakup with his girlfriend, after which he gets pushed into the (sad, inactive) state and stays there until something else changes. According to the DSM, depression has eight core symptoms: low mo...
Every Bay Area House Party
May 04, 2022 · Original source
The discussion is starting to get heated, so you wander back into the first room. Bob and Ramchandra are still talking about fintech, but there’s a person of ambiguous gender sitting alone, playing with a fidget spinner. You strike up a conversation:
Another Bay Area House Party
October 19, 2022 · Original source
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Even More Bay Area House Party
January 04, 2023 · Original source
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Open Thread 258
January 08, 2023 · Original source
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Son Of Bride Of Bay Area House Party
December 12, 2023 · Original source
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Book Review: The Others Within Us
May 21, 2024 · Original source
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More Drowning Children
March 21, 2025 · Original source
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Sources Say Bay Area House Party
September 25, 2025 · Original source
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SOTA On Bay Area House Party
January 13, 2026 · Original source
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