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…3 min read·Mar 7, 2020----
Lorenzo Barberis CanonicoDieting Beyond FoodPREFACE: adapted this from an email exchange I had with my friend Alice3 min read·Jun 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…2 min read·Dec 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…3 min read·Dec 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…3 min read·Nov 17, 2018----
Lorenzo Barberis CanonicoDonnie Darko and the Novikov consistency principleLet’s begin with a refresher of the Richard Kelly’s masterpiece.2 min read·Oct 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…2 min read·Oct 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…5 min read·Sep 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…4 min read·Apr 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…47 min read·Jan 27, 2018----
