Patri Friedman

1976– · American libertarian activist and theorist of political economy

Topics: distributed systems, learning

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

  — Patri Friedman

• 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