Lorenzo Barberis CanonicoDating’s Ultimatum: Game Theory, Slut-Shaming, and AsexualityVery few things upset me quite like women slut-shaming each other. Yet it happens so frequently that I’ve begun to wonder whether there is…Mar 7, 2020Mar 7, 2020
Lorenzo Barberis CanonicoDieting Beyond FoodPREFACE: adapted this from an email exchange I had with my friend AliceJun 14, 2019Jun 14, 2019
Lorenzo Barberis CanonicoTwitter and The End of HistoryPBS Idea Channel persuasively argues that the difference between history and the past is that the former is the story we tell about the…Dec 30, 2018Dec 30, 2018
Lorenzo Barberis CanonicoDunkirk, Turning Points and Historical EquilibriaA month or two ago I finally had the opportunity to complete the “British WW2” trilogy (“The King’s Speech” by Tom Hooper, “Durkirk” by…Dec 30, 2018Dec 30, 2018
Lorenzo Barberis CanonicoLife as a Network of GamesIn his best-seller “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”, Yuval Noah Harari argues that the decisive difference between Homo Sapiens and…Nov 17, 2018Nov 17, 2018
Lorenzo Barberis CanonicoDonnie Darko and the Novikov consistency principleLet’s begin with a refresher of the Richard Kelly’s masterpiece.Oct 24, 2018Oct 24, 2018
Lorenzo Barberis CanonicoAre We All Space Probes Created to Cause Climate Change?I am really fascinated by self-replication. It seems to be a process occurring at multiple scales, from our DNA to cultural norms. In…Oct 15, 2018Oct 15, 2018
Lorenzo Barberis CanonicoIs Investing the Best Model to Deal with Uncertainty?I consider myself a fallibilist, because I believe truth exists even if we may never be certain of it. Specifically, I think most if not…Sep 16, 2018Sep 16, 2018
Lorenzo Barberis Canonico#meToo and Stand Alone ComplexesControversy aside, the “#meToo” movement was on balance a positive event in human history. To my knowledge it’s the first overthrowing of a…Apr 4, 2018Apr 4, 2018
Lorenzo Barberis CanonicoThe Newsletter CollectionEvery week, I share the top 10 articles/videos I went through with my friends. I’m putting it all here together into one post that I will…Jan 27, 2018Jan 27, 2018