Louigi Verona's Workshop

Analytical essays, philosophy and recreational maths.

Economics, Politics, History

How luck arises in skill-based competitions
A model that shows the influence of luck on competition results
The Dangers of Public Discourse
Why unrestricted Internet discussions tend to lead to wrong conclusions
Why Behavioral Interviews Are Difficult To Master
An essay that challenges the perception of behavioral interviews as an accurate method of assessing the candidate's worth
National stereotypes are bullshit. Seriously.
A short essay outlining what makes national stereotypes feel accurate and why this is mostly an illusion
Why The Skeptical Movement Is Not Changing The World
Various skeptical groups usually consider themselves to be activists. I attempt to demonstrate that this is not what activism is, and suggest ways to move forward.
Blockchain Q&A
A challenge to a popular opinion that blockchain is a revolution (or even remotely useful). Written in a form of responses to pro-blockchain arguments.
What industries will blockchain disrupt the most?
A semi-humorous essay on the actual results of blockchain
Telekinesis Q&A
Based on my responses on Quora
The Oblivion Theorem
Any historical information, no matter how important, is bound to be eventually forgotten

Recreational maths and games

Arithmetical Tennis
A game that requires no equipment
Perfect Numbers
A paper and pencil game that involves deception, making predictions and zero knowledge proofs
Phantom Games
A class of games where the player needs to figure out the rules

Art

The challenges and the rewards of writing electronic music (Outlets of the Sky podcast)
I am being interviewed about electronic music
Boring Music and How to Make It Interesting (a video of a talk from Sonoj 2017)
A talk about what how electronic devices shaped modern music
The methodology of ambient
A reference for fellow producers
About "droning"
An essay about project "droning"
Comments on "radiogram"
My earliest essay about electronic music and what makes it special

Free & open source software

On the justification of the four freedoms
A critical analysis of the writings of Richard Stallman
Should Linux be called GNU/Linux instead?
A critical analysis of Richard Stallman's famous argument
Why it is ok to criticize FLOSS
An analytical essay
Linux Adoption on the Desktop and the myth about Linux security
An analytical essay
On Hobbyist Software (a video of a talk from LAC 2016)
Product implications of how the FLOSS environment tends to design software

Articles on various aspects of audio within the Linux operating system: