There are lots of things in English that would be nice to change, he says. "My view of English is it's pretty good, it's shockingly good given that it isn't steered" But there are some feedback loops and people might start using them without the approval of a committee or a board of experts,. He adds: 'It's a lot harder in culture generally'
Matt Ridley talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about his latest book, The Evolution of Everything. Ridley applies the lens of emergent order to a wide variety of phenomena including culture, morality, religion, commerce, innovation, and consciousness.