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< Greetings,
time-and-space traveler! >

Welcome to the universe of complexity,
let me be your guide from now on.

My name is Alessio Cotroneo. 

I am a male human being with:

  •  a M.Sc. in Physics;
  • a M.A. in Demography;
  • a hedgehog called Winston.

I am a researcher in the field of data science and AI.

People who inspire me

Richard Feynman

Physicist

Margaret Thatcher

Politician

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Bodybuilder

Elon Musk

Entrepreneur

Isaac Asimov

Writer

My North Stars

Family

Friends

Work

Hobbies

Ideas

My Fav Novels

Ivanhoe

Walter Scott

Prelude to Foundation

Isaac Asimov

The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

The Chronicles of Narnia

C. S. Lewis

My Fav Non-Fic books

Your Life is Worth Living

Fulton Sheen

The Rational Optimist

Matt Ridley

12 Rules for Life

Jordan Peterson

Free Market and its Enemies

Ludwig von Mises

Apocalypse Never

Michael Shellenberger

My Interests

Michael described me as a "Renaissance Man" , but I still prefer the XXI century.

Spontaneous Order

Network Science, natural emergence, complexity.

Natural Law

Federalism, Antigone, Rule of Law.

Economics

Free market, individualism, catallaxy.

Mountains

Hiking, trekking, nature.

Artificial Intelligence

Machine learning, deep learning, neural networks.

Philosophy

Empiricism, existentialism, theology.

Beauty

Art, architecture, poetry.

Math & Physics

"All science is either physics or stamp collecting." (Rutherford)

History

Civilizations, empires, kingdoms.

Self-Care

Wine, cigars, elegance, gym, free time.

< Research & Projects >

How do societies collapse? A statistical analysis.

Project Overview The aim of this project is to study the lifespan of polities (political
Project Details

How does an empire collapse? An empirical case of collective behavior.

An analysis of the micro-mechanisms that led to the collapse of the Anasazi Puebloan, through Network Science and Agent-Based Modeling.
Project Details
Italian
Native Speaker 99%
English
Fluent C2 90%
Portuguese
Advanced C1 80%
Spanish
Advanced C1 80%
French
Work in Progress 33%

< Human Languages >

I was born in Italy. Not my fault.

I hold the Spanish Bachillerato.

When I moved to Denmark, I had to learn English.

I learned Portuguese by osmosis by hearing it for years from a friend, Edson, who refuses to communicate any other way.

Now, I am trying to learn French for no apparent reason.

< Digital Languages >

Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur.

Hi omnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt. Gallos ab Aquitanis Garumna flumen, a Belgis Matrona et Sequana dividit.

Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae.

Yeah, I mean, I really like Latin and Julius Caesar.