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Patri Friedman is an American libertarian, anarcho-capitalist, and theorist of political economy. He founded the nonprofit Seasteading Institute, which explores the creation of sovereign ocean colonies. Wikipedia  

✵ 29. July 1976
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Famous Patri Friedman Quotes

“Most apparent conspiracies result from consistent local self-interest with no need for global coordination.”

Patri Friedman

Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/patrissimo/status/45549020524986368, March 2011.

“A scientist can be tactful and PC with his mouth, but not his ears or eyes and certainly not his mind. Truth must reign there above all. For your first allegiance is either to Truth or to Ignorance. Worry about offending, and you are choosing Ignorance.”

Patri Friedman

in Quotable Patri http://patrifriedman.com/quotes/patri.html

“We meet fellow humans throughout our travels,
Become close — friends, dates, lovers.
Always we are distanced again
from death, geography, or meeting others,
Only dialtone on the phone,
cold and empty beneath the covers.”

Patri Friedman

Parting is such sweet sorrow http://patrifriedman.com/quotes/sex_love.html

“We do not live in a world that mainly suffers bad policies due to lack of ideas about better ones, or lack of elegant explanations supporting good policies, but one that suffers bad policies due to system and meta-system level incentives.”

Patri Friedman

in Public Choice Ignorance Everywhere http://athousandnations.com/2010/11/09/public-choice-ignorance-everywhere/, November 2010

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