Patri Friedman

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Patri Friedman (born July 29, 1976 in Blacksburg, Virginia) is an American activist and theorist of political economy.

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Background [edit]

Friedman grew up in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Upper Merion Area High School, class of 1994, where he went by the name Patri Forwalter-Friedman. He was named after Patri J. Pugliese, a close friend of his parents.[1] He graduated from Harvey Mudd College in 1998, and worked as a software engineer at Google.[2] As a poker player, he cashed in the World Series of Poker four times.[3]

The Seasteading Institute [edit]

Main article: Seasteading#Seasteading Institute

Friedman was Executive Director of the Seasteading Institute, founded on April 15, 2008, with a half-million-dollar donation by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.[4] The Institute's mission is "to establish permanent, autonomous ocean communities to enable experimentation and innovation with diverse social, political, and legal systems".[5] This was initially a part-time project — one day a week while working as a Google engineer the rest of the time[2] — but Friedman left Google on July 29, 2008 to spend more time on seasteading.[6] He and partner Wayne Gramlich hoped to float the first prototype seastead in the San Francisco Bay by 2010.[7][8] At the October 2010 Seasteading social, it was announced that current plans were to launch a seastead by 2014.[9]

Future Cities Development [edit]

On July 31, 2011, Friedman stepped down from the position of Executive Director at The Seasteading Institute, and remained Chairman of the Board.[10] Later, he co-founded the Future Cities Development Corporation, a project to establish a self-governing charter city within the borders of Honduras.[11][12]

Family [edit]

Patri is the grandson of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman[13] and economist Rose Friedman and son of economist and physicist David D. Friedman.[13] He is divorced and has two children.[14]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "My namesake has a Wikipedia page". Patri's Peripatetic Peregrinations. Retrieved 27 February 2013. 
  2. ^ a b Bowles, Nellie (June 1, 2011). "Patri Friedman makes waves with 'seasteading' plan". SFGate. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012. 
  3. ^ "Patri Forwalter-Friedman". The Mob Poker Database. 2002–2008. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012. 
  4. ^ Mangu-Ward, Katherine (28 April 2008). "Homesteading on the High Seas". Reason (magazine). Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012. 
  5. ^ Madrigal, Alexis. "Peter Thiel Makes Down Payment on Libertarian Ocean Colonies" Wired, 5-19-08
  6. ^ Friedman, Patri. "More Time For Seasteading",Seasteading Institute: Captains Blog, 7-3-08
  7. ^ Frucci, Adam. "Silicon Valley Nerds Plan Sea-Based Utopian Country to Call Their Own", Gizmodo, 5-20-08
  8. ^ Park, Bryant. "Libertarian Island: No Rules, Just Rich Dudes", National Public Radio, 5-21-08
  9. ^ "Meetup.com - October 2010 Seasteading Social at the Hyatt Regency SF". Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
  10. ^ Friedman, Patri (31 July 2011). "The Seasteading Institute – July 2011 Newsletter". The Seasteading Institute. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012. 
  11. ^ "Free cities: Honduras shrugged". The Economist. December 10, 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2012. 
  12. ^ Doherty, Brian (December 6, 2011). "Seasteaders Take to the Land in Honduras". Reason (magazine). Retrieved 12 March 2012. 
  13. ^ a b "Live Free or Drown: Floating Utopias on the Cheap". Wired. 19 January 2009. 
  14. ^ http://patrifriedman.com/

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