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The Evolution of Everything

by Matt Ridley

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About the book

The Evolution of Everything is about bottom-up order and its enemy, the top-down twitch—the endless fascination human beings have for design rather than evolution, for direction rather than emergence. Drawing on anecdotes from science, economics, history, politics and philosophy, Matt Ridley’s wide-ranging, highly opinionated opus demolishes conventional assumptions that major scientific and social imperatives are dictated by those on high, whether in government, business, academia, or morality. On the contrary, our most important achievements develop from the bottom up. Patterns emerge, trends evolve. Just as skeins of geese form Vs in the sky without meaning to, and termites build mud cathedrals without architects, so brains take shape without brain-makers, learning can happen without teaching and morality changes without a plan.

A highly intelligent and bracingly iconoclastic view of the world. It forces us to see life through new eyes.

New York Times Book Review

Categories:

Economics Evolution Philosophy Science Sociology Business Non-fiction Psychology Politics History

Language:

English

Length:

368 pages

Author:

Matt Ridley
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