Mountain Goat

Radical contrarian blazing trails no one else dares attempt.

Patri Friedman, grandson of Milton Friedman and founder of the Seasteading Institute, epitomizes the mountain-goat's eccentric, self-sufficient, unconventional path-finding spirit — literally proposing to build new societies on floating platforms in international waters. He thrives where mainstream thinkers can't follow, stubbornly pursuing libertarian ideas so far outside the norm that most dismiss them as fantasy. His career is defined by doing things his own unusual way, from competitive poker to charter cities to startup governance, always climbing terrain others won't touch.