Simon DeDeo
Ian and the Limits of Rationality
A student at the edge of reason.
The Bitcoin Paradox
Why cryptocurrency will always be political.
When Did Tribalism Get To Be So Fashionable?
“I against my brothers. I and my brothers against my cousins. I and my brothers and my cousins against the world.”—Nafisa Haji, The Sweetness of Tears Last month, I published an article on Nautilus called “Is Tribalism a Natural Malfunction?”. It was a meditation on a series of computer experiments in the study of Prisoner’s […]
Is Tribalism a Natural Malfunction?
What computers teach us about getting along.
Is Tribalism a Natural Malfunction?
What computers teach us about getting along.
Nostalgia Just Became a Law of Nature
New theories have mixed perception and knowledge into the hardest of sciences.
When Theft Was Worse Than Murder
Hundreds of years of trial documents reveal our changing attitudes to violent crime.
The Coin Toss and the Love Triangle
There are two flavors of uncertainty in our lives. Math helps with both.
The Coin Toss and the Love Triangle
There are two flavors of uncertainty in our lives. Math helps with both.