Archive - Lorenzo from Oz

When politics isn’t local

Why Western politicians fail to culturally represent their citizens.

Aug 19 •

The Newtonian delusion: there is nothing so dated as a vision of the future

Social mechanics or social dynamics?

Aug 6 •

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May 2025

Rational anger at Jews

Just because a group has been persecuted, doesn’t mean they haven’t behaved badly.

May 25 •

The misleading burden of self-consciousness

Perception does not require consciousness.

May 21 •

Escaping the kin-group trap

Daniel Pipes’s revealing errors about the slave warriors of Islam. (Revised version of paper presented to Melbourne University Medieval Roundtable in…

May 17 •

Unlearning false simplicities within mainstream Economics

Humans are not economic particles, resilience can trump efficiency, feedback effects matter.

May 12 •

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