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Inside Humanity's Infinite Improbability Drive - Matt Ridley

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Importance of Path Dependence in Innovation

A lot of people have a very pessimistic view of where we are in terms of innovation right now and think that we're in the midst of a great stagnation. I want you, can I quote you on that on my paperback, my book, a penetrating glimpse of the obvious. That phrase is not original to me, unfortunately, another phrase that I've stolen. Yeah, it's a phrase of Tom Hughes QC, who was Australia's Attorney General at one point. He's the father-in-law of Malcolm Turnbull, former Australian Prime Minister. It's some very pithy ones, didn't it? I mean, your PM Keating used to come. But speaking of path

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