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Blogs Liberty and Power Dan Klein on Spontaneous Order at the Roller Rink

May 16, 2006

Dan Klein on Spontaneous Order at the Roller Rink

by Liberty and Power

Those of you who enjoyed my post on "social snowflakes" will enjoy this wonderful essay by Dan Klein on the roller rink as illustrative of many aspects of the concept of spontaneous order. It's clear from this essay what a great teacher Dan is as well.