What does Robert Nozick mean by the phrase "liberty upsets patterns"?

Nozick was really kind of an adherent of Locke, and advocated what is today thought of as a rather extreme Libertarian position, which would have shrunk the State to a purely regulatory entity. For a good critique of Nozick, see Rothbard’s “Immaculate Conception of the State”.

@dpworkin will it scare me?

No, it’s pretty much point-by-point. You’ll probably find it useful.

Allowing uncontrolled variability decreases the predictability

@dpworkin thank you.

@wildflower I understand-thanks.