SPOS #738 – Matt Ridley On How Innovation Works
Welcome to episode #738 of Six Pixels of Separation.
Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #738 – Host: Mitch Joel. I had hear about Matt Ridley (http://www.mattridley.co.uk) ‘s work (The Rational Optimist (http://www.mattridley.co.uk/books/the-rational-optimist-how-prosperity-evolves/) ), but we had not met until last year. I was invited to speak at a CEO summit for Google (http://www.google.com) and their clients in Amsterdam. We had a short interaction, but after watching him present, I knew he would make a great guest for the show. Matt’s accomplishments are long, deep and varied. His books (http://www.mattridley.co.uk/books/) have sold over a million copies and have been translated into over 30 languages. His TED (https://www.ted.com) talk, When Ideas Have Sex (https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex?language=en) , has been viewed more than two million times. He writes a weekly column in The Times (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/) (London) and writes regularly for the Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/) . As Viscount Ridley, he was elected to the House of Lords (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords) in February 2013. He served on the science and technology select committee 2014-2017. Matt worked for The Economist (https://www.economist.com) for nine years as science editor, Washington correspondent and American editor, before becoming a self-employed writer and businessman. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (https://rsliterature.org/) and of the Academy of Medical Sciences (https://acmedsci.ac.uk/) , and a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (https://www.amacad.org/) . He is honorary president of the International Centre for Life in Newcastle (https://www.life.org.uk/) . His latest book is called, How Innovation Works… And Why It Flourishes in Freedom (https://www.amazon.com/How-Innovation-Works-Flourishes-Freedom/dp/0062916599/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=mattridleywebpopup-20&linkId=d57f3a2ae4d7a300036275de72f6f4f8&language=en_US) . Enjoy the conversation…
• Running time: 49:01.
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• Here is my conversation with Matt Ridley. (http://www.mattridley.co.uk)
• How Innovation Works… And Why It Flourishes in Freedom. (https://www.amazon.com/How-Innovation-Works-Flourishes-Freedom/dp/0062916599/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=mattridleywebpopup-20&linkId=d57f3a2ae4d7a300036275de72f6f4f8&language=en_US)
• The Rational Optimist. (http://www.mattridley.co.uk/books/the-rational-optimist-how-prosperity-evolves/)
• When Ideas Have Sex. (https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex?language=en)
• Follow Matt on Twitter (https://twitter.com/mattwridley) .
• This week’s music: David Usher (http://www.davidusher.com) ‘St. Lawrence River’.