Posts
All the articles I've posted.
The Optimal Amount of Violence Is Not Zero
Published: at 10:00 AMA game theory simulation exploring how graduated sanctions and learning mechanisms can transform defectors into cooperators, demonstrating that optimal punishment lies somewhere between zero violence and maximum retribution.
The New Rise of Alchemy
Published: at 07:55 AMA big black blob on the map allows for exploration.
If Ovid's Metamorphoses was a music album, would there be disco?
Published: at 08:00 AMThe answer is yes. And roots reggae, blues metal, country, EDM, glam rock, and philosophical jazz rap. Because when gods turn people into trees for sport, a single genre feels insufficient.
On Systems, Granularity, and the Weird Affordances of Abstraction
Published: at 08:15 AMHow complex systems can be understood at multiple levels of granularity, from strategic decisions to optimization hell, and why picking the right level of abstraction matters.
'Present Bias' is not a thing
Published: at 12:00 PMWhat if 'present bias' isn't irrational at all? Drawing from motor control theory, this post argues that preference reversals emerge from optimal computational constraints—not competing neural systems. Includes testable predictions.
Moving House
Published: at 11:40 AMResidential churn rewires minds and cities. From primogeniture’s landless sons to modern renters, what moving does to people and power.