Optimally Irrational

What is a "just" society?

Part 1: simple answers to big questions

Apr 21 • Lionel Page

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How we decide what is fair in everyday life

Equality or overall satisfaction?

Apr 10 • Lionel Page

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March 2026

What is fairness?

The invisible rules that pervade our social interactions

Mar 26 • Lionel Page

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The fascinating insights of Robert Trivers

From cooperation to conflict: the evolutionary grammar of social interactions

Mar 19 • Lionel Page

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The game theory of cooperation

Explained simply

Mar 9 • Lionel Page

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February 2026

Cooperation is the scaffolding principle of life

From cells to humans, cooperation is a key principle of evolution

Feb 18 • Lionel Page

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Dekanting moral philosophy

Unconditional moral duties do not follow from pure rationality

Feb 6 • Lionel Page

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January 2026

What if the US seizes Greenland?

Looking into what would be a massive political and geopolitical blunder

Jan 20 • Lionel Page

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Is morality relative?

And if so to what extent

Jan 6

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December 2025

A defence of morality as respect for a social contract

The absence of objective moral truths does not mean that "anything is permitted"

Dec 22, 2025

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Morality works without absolute moral truths

Replacing theories of the Good and the Right with a theory of the Seemly

Dec 9, 2025 • Lionel Page

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November 2025

There are no moral laws out there

A criticism of moral realism

Nov 28, 2025 • Lionel Page

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