Patri Friedman Quotes

• 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

  Ideas, Suffering, Incentives

  "Public Choice Ignorance Everywhere". athousandnations.com. November 9, 2010.

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• Big ideas start as weird ideas.

  Patri Friedman

  Ideas, Bigs, Big Ideas

  "Peter Thiel, PayPal Founder, Funds 'Seasteading,' Libertarian Sea Colony" by Cooper Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2011.

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• Democracy is the current industry standard political system, but unfortunately it is ill-suited for a libertarian state.

  Patri Friedman

  Political, Democracy, Libertarian

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

  Patri Friedman

  Phones, Lovers, Cold

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

  Patri Friedman

  Self, Needs, Conspiracy

  Twitter, March 2011.

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