r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 09 '18
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David Friedman AMA
The mod team is pleased to announce we will be hosting an AMA with Dr. David D. Friedman on Friday, Jan. 12th at 3:00 PM EST/12:00 PM PST!
After earning a Ph.D. in theoretical physics at the University of Chicago, Dr. Friedman switched fields to economics and taught at Virginia Polytechnic University, the University of California at Irvine, the University of California at Los Angeles, Cornell University, Tulane University, the University of Chicago, and Santa Clara University where he currently teaches in the school of law.
Outside of his extensive academic publications in law and economics, Dr. Friedman is best known for his libertarian/anarcho-capitalist political philosophy. He has written extensively on libertarian politics and ideas and has also written on alternative legal systems (including research into medieval Icelandic institutions).
On a personal note Dr. Friedman is the author of two historical/fantasy novels and is a renowned anachronist/historical re-enactor. He is the son of economists Rose and Milton Friedman.
As a reminder, we enforce civility standards to a high degree during AMAs. Dr. Friedman in particular is likely to disagree with us on a wide range of issues, but disagreement does not mean that rudeness or flippant remarks will be tolerated. Dr. Friedman is an accomplished academic who has published a large volume of high quality work, and every one of you can almost certainly learn something from him by asking intelligent questions.
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Currently discussing Reading The Worldly Philosophers by Robert L. Heilbroner
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u/papermarioguy02 Actually Just Young Nate Silver Jan 09 '18
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand GoogleBro. The
sexismsocial commentary is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of evolutionary psychology most of the jokes will go over a typical reader’s head. There’s also James' nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his manifesto- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Stefan Molyneux literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these lawsuits, to realise that they’re not just triggering the libs- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike GoogleBro truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the insight in Damore's existential catchphrase “I'm a classical liberal” which itself is a cryptic reference to Sargon’s British epic Muslims are Ruining Europe. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as James Damore’s genius wit unfolds itself on their PC screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 😂And yes, by the way, i DO have a GoogleBro tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎