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

Background

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 graduated from Harvey Mudd College in 1998, and worked as a software engineer at Google[1]. As a poker player, he cashed in the World Series of Poker four times.[2]

The Seasteading Institute

Main article: Seasteading § The_Seasteading_Institute

Friedman is Executive Director of the Seasteading Institute, founded on April 15, 2008 with a half-million-dollar donation by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.[3] The Institute's mission is "to establish permanent, autonomous ocean communities to enable experimentation and innovation with diverse social, political, and legal systems".[4] This was initially a part-time project — one day a week while working as a Google engineer the rest of the time[1] — but Friedman left Google on July 29, 2008 to spend more time on seasteading.[5] He and partner Wayne Gramlich hoped to float the first prototype seastead in the San Francisco Bay by 2010.[6][7] At the October 2010 Seasteading social, it was announced that current plans were to launch a seastead by 2014.[8]

Future Cities Development

On July 31, 2012, Friedman stepped down from the position of Executive Director at The Seasteading Institute, and remained Chairman of the Board.[9] Later, he co-founded the Future Cities Development Corporation, a project to establish a self-governing charter city within the borders of Honduras.[10][11]

Family

Patri is the grandson of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman[12] and economist Rose Friedman and son of economist and physicist David D. Friedman.[12] He is separated from wife Shannon Friedman [13] and has one son and one daughter.[14]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Patri Forwalter-Friedman". The Mob Poker Database. 2002–2008. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Madrigal, Alexis. "Peter Thiel Makes Down Payment on Libertarian Ocean Colonies" Wired, 5-19-08
  5. ^ Friedman, Patri. "More Time For Seasteading",Seasteading Institute: Captains Blog, 7-3-08
  6. ^ Frucci, Adam. "Silicon Valley Nerds Plan Sea-Based Utopian Country to Call Their Own", Gizmodo, 5-20-08
  7. ^ Park, Bryant. "Libertarian Island: No Rules, Just Rich Dudes", National Public Radio, 5-21-08
  8. ^ "Meetup.com - October 2010 Seasteading Social at the Hyatt Regency SF". Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Free cities: Honduras shrugged". The Economist. Dec 10th 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ Doherty, Brian (December 6, 2011). "Seasteaders Take to the Land in Honduras". Reason (magazine). Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  12. ^ a b "Live Free or Drown: Floating Utopias on the Cheap". Wired. 19 January 2009.
  13. ^ "Shannon and I are separating". Aug. 22nd, 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ http://patrifriedman.com/
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