LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

“Too Soon” by Gordon Seidoh Worley

14 May 2025

Audio

Description

It was a cold and cloudy San Francisco Sunday. My wife and I were having lunch with friends at a Korean cafe. My phone buzzed with a text. It said my mom was in the hospital. I called to find out more. She had a fever, some pain, and had fainted. The situation was serious, but stable. Monday was a normal day. No news was good news, right? Tuesday she had seizures. Wednesday she was in the ICU. I caught the first flight to Tampa. Thursday she rested comfortably. Friday she was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, a rare condition that affects about 3,000 people in the US annually. The doctors had known it was a possibility, so she was already receiving treatment. We stayed by her side through the weekend. My dad spent every night with her. We made plans for all the fun things we would when she [...] --- First published: May 13th, 2025 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/reo79XwMKSZuBhKLv/too-soon --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

Transcription

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet

Help us prioritize this episode for transcription by upvoting it.

0 upvotes

🗳️ Sign in to Upvote

Popular episodes get transcribed faster

Other episodes from LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

Transcribed and ready to explore now

"Anthropic’s Pause is the Most Expensive Alarm in Corporate History" by Ruby

03 Apr 2026

LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

"“You Have Not Been a Good User” (LessWrong’s second album)" by habryka

02 Apr 2026

LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

"Product Alignment is not Superintelligence Alignment (and we need the latter to survive)" by plex

01 Apr 2026

LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

"Gyre" by vgel

31 Mar 2026

LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

"My hobby: running deranged surveys" by leogao

28 Mar 2026

LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

"Socrates is Mortal" by Benquo

27 Mar 2026

LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

View all episodes from LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

Comments

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.

Report any issue

LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

“Too Soon” by Gordon Seidoh Worley

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet

Other episodes from LessWrong (Curated & Popular)

"Anthropic’s Pause is the Most Expensive Alarm in Corporate History" by Ruby

"“You Have Not Been a Good User” (LessWrong’s second album)" by habryka

"Product Alignment is not Superintelligence Alignment (and we need the latter to survive)" by plex

"Gyre" by vgel

"My hobby: running deranged surveys" by leogao

"Socrates is Mortal" by Benquo

Sign in to Audioscrape

Share this moment