The Well-Read Cypherpunk

[Declan McCullagh]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 02:41:03PM -0400, Faustine wrote:
> What I was really driving at is that if more libertarians aspired to the 
> creativity, analytical rigor, and breadth and depth of knowledge of people like 
> John von Neumann and Leo Cherne, it would be a very good thing. 

That is undeniably true. I have been to a good number of libertarian
events, including some private invite-only gigs, and there are a
disturbing number of second-rate academics in those circles.  Not
anyone who's been discussed here, but the phenomenon exists, for sure.

-Declan