anametheus

### Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

  * I am anametheus on github.
  * I am anametheus (https://keybase.io/anametheus) on keybase.
  * I have a public key ASBS3Ng3tKB5Mg2ZDGYn9JgSWMGOndfqe6IhR-Pvc0H2Lwo

To claim this, I am signing this object:

anametheus

From Note 26 on Hayek's "Road to Serfdom":

It is primarily the recognition of one's ignorance and the equal respect accorded to each carrier of life that informs the individualist position. Why the carrier of life? Because it is individual living human beings that suffer not institutions or collectives.

The demand that what is considered the truth should rule, left unchecked is the seed that leads to the curtailment of the liberty of the so-called ignorant. 

It is the understanding that liberty entails the liberty to make one's own mistakes, that is the quintessential ingredient of a free society. 

The extent of the consequences of one's activity cannot easily be foreseen by any solitary individual. It is because the individual recognizes the limits of his own understanding and knowledge that he turns to his fellows to discuss in public the possible consequences of a course of action. And in turn the outcome of this discussion, will determine that at least he will not suffer alone, and his fellow citizens