The Evolution Of Everything by Matt Ridley
How New Ideas Emerge
Argues that most of the world’s complexity—languages, morals, economies, technologies, and even governments—emerges through gradual, bottom-up evolution rather than top-down design. Through examples spanning biology and culture, it shows how innovation, trial-and-error, and network effects generate spontaneous order while central planning often stifles progress. It invites readers to see change as incremental and decentralized, with progress driven by tinkering, selection, and adaptation over time.
Purchase from
Bookshop.org
- Published
- 2015
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 368-416
- Original Language
- English
- Avg User Rating
- No ratings yet
- Alternate Titles
- None
This book is not currently on any lists.