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Typo: astral codex ten, not astro

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Thanks. Fixed.

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Your exchanges with Scott had a big influence on me, I found the ideas in Machinery very compelling and it reassured me a lot that someone as smart as Scott who initially seemed not to be convinced (see e.g. his Anti-Libertarian FAQ) and tries extremely hard to steelman the arguments against, would gradually become more convinced over time by your arguments.

Is that a correct observation?

Eventually these ideas + Scott's articles about Prospera led me to become professionally involved with all my time on realising them in practise, just like your son Patri.

So thank you for guiding me towards this path!

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I think Scott became less critical towards libertarianism over time, but his review of _Machinery_, although friendly, was not entirely positive.

You might be interested in our interaction about libertarianism off the blog, our correspondence starting with my response to his faq.

http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Miscellaneous/My%20Response%20to%20a%20Non-Libertarian%20faq.html

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Yes, I've read that and learned a lot in the process!

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