Tim Wu, welcome to the libertarian movement !

by on November 13, 2007 · 4 comments

In this very entertaining piece, our frequent intellectual sparring partner Tim Wu admits that certain New York City bureaucrats may be driving him to libertarianism.

I really wish Tim would become a true libertarian. As that essay and his brilliant 5-part series essays on “American Lawbreaking” for Slate illustrate, he is an incredibly gifted writer and a first-rate thinker. And, at times, his thinking does lean in the libertarian direction, but not enough to grant him credentials to the club just yet! (Tim and I also share a nerdy affection for Dungeons & Dragons, so I have to admit to liking him for that reason. I was far to familiar with 20-sided dice as a youngster. Sad, but true).

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Adam Thierer is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He previously served as President of The Progress & Freedom Foundation, as Director of Telecommunications Studies at the Cato Institute, and as a Fellow in Economic Policy at the Heritage Foundation. He is the author or editor of six books on technology and media policy and also writes a weekly column for Forbes called "Technologies of Freedom." Thierer earned his bachelor's degree in political science and journalism at Indiana University and received his master's degree in international business management and trade theory at the University of Maryland. His passions in life (besides technology and liberty, of course) are fast cars, fine cigars, and good beer.

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  • Timon

    Are you subconsciously channeling Henry Farrell’s comment to Glenn Reynolds, when, in establishing his geek bona fides, he said something to the effect of: “I was more familiar with a 20 sided die than was compatible with a healthy social life.”? For some reason that line has always stuck in my head and I wonder if there is something about it that makes it stick in others’.

  • Timon

    Are you subconsciously channeling Henry Farrell’s comment to Glenn Reynolds, when, in establishing his geek bona fides, he said something to the effect of: “I was more familiar with a 20 sided die than was compatible with a healthy social life.”? For some reason that line has always stuck in my head and I wonder if there is something about it that makes it stick in others’.

  • http://timwu.org Tim Wu

    Ha – the main difference between myself and the writers on this site is they have a studied lack of sensitivity to the infringements of freedom possible from large centralized organizations that don’t happen to bear the label “government.”

  • http://timwu.org Tim Wu

    Ha – the main difference between myself and the writers on this site is they have a studied lack of sensitivity to the infringements of freedom possible from large centralized organizations that don’t happen to bear the label “government.”

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