We do not live in a world that mainly suffers bad policies due to lack of ideas about … - Patri Friedman

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The flower bloomed and faded. The sun rose and sank. The lover loved and went. And what the poets said in rhyme, the young translated into practice.

Patri Friedman

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.

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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.

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