# Cypherpunks Write Code: David D. Friedman & the Machinery of Freedom

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Podcast: [Society Tech Brief By HackerNoon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/society-tech-brief-by-hackernoon-6365655)
Published: 2024-07-30T16:00:44+00:00
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/cypherpunks-write-code-david-d-friedman-and-the-machinery-of-freedom . The physicist, economist, and legal scholar David D. Friedman fits the bill very well to be a cypherpunk, besides ‘stealing’ ideas from Tim May. Check more stories related to society at: https://hackernoon.com/c/society . You can also check exclusive content about #anarcho-capitalist-society , #crypto-anarchism , #machinery-of-freedom , #cypherpunks-write-code , #cypherpunks-and-blockchain , #electronic-cash-system , #obyte , #good-company , and more. This story was written by: @obyte . Learn more about this writer by checking @obyte's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . David Director Friedman was born in February 1945, in the United States, to Rose Director and Milton Friedman. He completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University in 1965 with high honors. Then, he obtained a master's degree in 1967 and a PhD in 1971 in theoretical physics from the University of Chicago. In the middle of all the teaching, he was also a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction. That’s where his cypherpunk ideas are shown to everyone.

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