Scott Locklin 
Scott Locklin works on quantitative finance problems in Berkeley, California, but has lately been considering emigrating to America.
Lit Crit
The Neocons’ Intellectual CodpieceMy first exposure to Straussian ideas was in college via a photocopy handout of |
Knock Off
Consumer Culture’s Top Five FailuresThis is the time of year when we celebrate the national religion of consumerism. Future |
Tech Overload
The Golden Dodo Bird in the SkyThe F-35 is the latest marvel brought to us by the military-industrial complex. It’s |
Commerce
The Problem With Global FinanceThe present European financial crisis seems absurdly complicated to the outside |
Rocket Science
Gaia-UnfriendlyA few years ago I received a telephone call from a college fundraising creep looking |
Bravery Hurts
Never Trust Anyone Who Hasn’t Been Punched in the FaceConservatives like to talk about the causes of Western Civilization’s downfall: |
Blogosphere
Twilight of the SkepticsOne of the things I miss about academia is the spectacle of alleged savants fighting |
Public Nuisances
Tips for Big BabiesWhile I’m all for increased awareness of modern America’s sexual dimorphism crisis, |
Vile Bodies
In Praise of Hypocrisy“Hypocrisie est un hommage que la vice rend à la vertu.” La Rochefoucauld was right. |
Home Front
RobocrapThe Detroit RoboCop statue is a fitting cenotaph for the end of America, a goofy metal |
History
My Dinner With Vilfredo ParetoMy list of historical personages I’d invite to a dinner party doesn’t include any of |
Tech Overload
Google as Fat ElvisEvery company—no matter how trendy or cool, no matter how many Goth girls on |
Women
Miss…or Mr. America?The 2011 Miss America contest provides an object lesson in the decline of American |
Moolah
Standing Up to the OligarchsMuch ink has been spilled scapegoating the various newfangled nerdy types known as |
History
When Man Invented SciencePope Benedict’s trip to Ole Blighty is over, and that sanctimonious gasbag Dawkins |
Sex
AskMen.com’s Top Babes: Ravishing or Roadkill?Every year, AskMen.com comes out with a list of the “top 99 most desirable women.” |
Zeitgeist
Stuff White People LikeA Genealogy of Morals One of my fundamental beliefs about culture and humanity is that |
History
The Dawn of DecadenceOne of the wheezes I get from my leftist friends in Berkeley is how highly evolved |
Zeitgeist
The Myth of Technological ProgressMany of you will still be alive in 50 years. It’s interesting to think about what life |
Zeitgeist
Chauvinism for SissiesMad Men is one of those historical TV shows which is pleasant to look at, but has |