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Patri Friedman
4 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 (born 1976) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in Public Choice Ignorance Everywhere, November 2010
“Most apparent conspiracies result from consistent local self-interest with no need for global coordination.”
Patri Friedman (born 1976) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter, 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 (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source