The Rational Optimist
A book by Matt Ridley about how progress comes from the exchange and combination of ideas
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"There's a phenomenal book that I've mentioned several times called The Rational Optimist. And The Rational Optimist said it does not make sense to look back at 80,000 years or 100,000 years or 200,000 years... of human innovation leading to just e..."
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"There's this great book by Matt Ridley called The Rational Optimist. And he says most progress and I love that word progress in the world has come from when ideas have sex."
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