Fifteen years ago as of May 18th, The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves was published. In it, prolific science writer Matt Ridley made clear – with copious evidence – that humanity's condition ...

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Optimism is the only realism. It’s the only world-view that squares with the facts, and with the historical record. Pessimism on the other hand is deeply -- almost weirdly -- counterintuitive, and yet ...

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On the C-SPAN Networks: Matt Ridley is an Author with 15 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1988 Foreign Legislature as a Bureau Chief for the Washington Bureau in the ...

Known for his bestselling works like Genome, The Rational Optimist, and How Innovation Works, Ridley has long dazzled readers with his gift for rendering complex ideas in language that feels ...