The author argues that evolution is a theory of mutation and selection. We are the agents of selection as individuals in this process, he says. And there's no reason for people to select things they don't like. He believes we have seen extraordinary progress in human economic situations but also in culture.
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.