61. Matt Ridley - The Rational Optimist
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How did we become the only species that becomes more prosperous as it becomes more populous? And i feel like that's a big part of that book, is i'm explaining what humans did that's different to every other animal in the world that doesn't do it. We can support eight billion people on this planet with a much higher living standard than they had when there were only four billion people in the 19 sixties. Why is that possible? Because we innovate. In a word, you know, it's as simple as that. The special trick that allows us to cheat normal biological imperative that leads to disaster has been exploited by human ingenuity and innovation. You can't be infinitely prosperous in a
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