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Matt Ridley

How to Succeed, Since Success Is Random

Kare Anderson | Posted 12.03.2012 | Books
Read More: Matt Ridley, Mandy Williams, Kevin Kelly, Little Bets, Maria Popova, Ben Silbermann, Abigail Washburn, Phil Rosenzweig, shareable.net, John Eliot, Peter Sims, Meghan M. Biro, Frans Johansson, Neal Gorenflo, John Hagel, Randy Haykin, Marcia Layton Turner, Brain Pickings, Ted, Future Perfect, Kevin Pritchard, Evan Sharp, Quantified Self, Duncan Watts, Books News
Kare Anderson

When you are open to serendipitous experiences you are more likely to have click moments, enabling you to pivot more than once into new, more successful directions.

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'The Rational Optimist': Review

Ricardo B. Salinas | Posted 11.12.2012 | Books
Read More: Globalization, Evolution, Development, Humane Society, Trade, Books, Economy, Economic Development, Matt Ridley, The Rational Optimist, Books News
Ricardo B. Salinas

In Matt Ridley's latest book, The Rational Optimist, he invites us to adopt a positive view of the world, human capacity, and global trade.

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Do We Need Faith To Believe In Progress?

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 06.25.2012 | Religion
Read More: Mysticism, Matt Ridley, Spiritual Teacher, The Economist, Consciousness, Earth Day, Peter Diamendes, Gps-Soul, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Andrew Cohen, Steven Kotler, Steven Pinker, Faith, Spirituality, Religion News
Andrew Z. Cohen

When it comes to telling us how to relate to some of our biggest global challenges, I wonder if the most spiritually enlightened among us might be missing the boat right now.

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8 Surprising Facts To Put The Nature Vs. Nurture Debate To Rest

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Dna, Matt Ridley, Eric Turkheimer, Nature vs Nurture, Epigenetics, Biology, Nature Versus Nurture, Science, Judith Rich Harris, Parenting, Twin Studies, Genes, Twins, Jr., Thomas J. Bouchard, Heritability, Parents, University of Minnsota, Healthy Living News
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

I teamed up with the well-known developmental psychologist David S. Moore to list eight facts about genes, twin studies and the heritability statistic that may come as a surprise to many people, even biologists!

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Down with Doom: How the World Keeps Defying the Predictions of Pessimists

Matt Ridley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Authors, Matt Ridley, Apocalypse, Peak Oil, Books, Optimism, Food Shortage, Reading, Global Warming, The Rational Optimist, Global Disaster, Books News
Matt Ridley

When I was a student, in the 1970s, the world was coming to an end. The adults told me so.

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These Are the Good Old Days

Michael Shermer | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Matt Ridley, Clean Air, Progress, Wealth, Economics, The Progress Paradox, The Origin of Wealth, Gregg Easterbrook, Prosperity, Eric Beinhocker, The Rational Optimist, World News
Michael Shermer

Despite the relative gloom and doom brought about by the 2008 recession, and the recent downturn of the market and the meltdown and bailout of Greece,...

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Libertarian Madness

Ben Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Matt Ridley, Northern Rock, Libertarian, Banks, Economics, Politics News
Ben Cohen

As a free market ideologue, Matt Ridley should embrace the death of a bad idea -- it is natures way of saying "sorry buddy, you're wrong."

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