How do societies collapse? A statistical analysis.
Project Overview The aim of this project is to study the lifespan of polities (political
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.
Richard Feynman
Physicist
Margaret Thatcher
Politician
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bodybuilder
Elon Musk
Entrepreneur
Isaac Asimov
Writer
Family
Friends
Work
Hobbies
Ideas
Ivanhoe
Walter Scott
Prelude to Foundation
Isaac Asimov
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
The Chronicles of Narnia
C. S. Lewis
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
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.
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.
Italian
Native Speaker
99%
English
Fluent C2
90%
Portuguese
Advanced C1
80%
Spanish
Advanced C1
80%
French
Work in Progress
33%
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.
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.
Alessio is the dearest friend of mine. Besides his utmost obvious intellectual capacities, he possesses a deeply introspective and critical mind which gives him the ability to metabolize experiences like few do and grow extremely wise regardless of his young age. Alessio has engineered his victory into very difficult problems and has been triumphant in every active project he has put himself into. Apart from his relationship with drudgery, he can be a very understanding human with whom one can get along and manage their pursuits with.
Alessio is exactly like Saul Goodman. However, unlike him, Alessio accomplishes everything and does it following his values. That's why I respect him.
Alessio combines the abstract and the concrete, this is his great quality.
