It’s not every day that I wake up to find Patri Friedman being quoted in my local newspaper; but this story actually made the Opelika-Auburn News this morning.
"Austro" as in Rothbard and Wittgenstein, "Athenian" as in Aristotle and smashing-the-plutocracy.
About Roderick T. Long
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I’m Roderick T. Long, Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University. I’m an Aristotelean/Wittgensteinian in philosophy and a left-libertarian market anarchist in social theory. (More about me here.) This blog, Austro-Athenian Empire, is a continuation of my earlier blog, archived here.
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“Puerile libertarianism infused with futurist fantasy” – I guess the editor of Slate is in the competition for real life figure most like an Ayn Rand villain. On the other hand this Thiel guy seems a bit loony, however admirable his intentions. I could see why people might look at him as an Andrew Ryan rather than a John Galt.
Bah, Wesiberg is still around. I’d love to see him try a public debate with Rad Geek.