What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About Science

Matt Ridley

The scientific method remains the best way to solve many problems, but bias, overconfidence and politics can sometimes lead scientists astray My article for the Wall Street Journal: The Covid-19 pandemic has stretched the bond between the public and the scientific profession as never before. Scientists have been revealed to be neither omniscient demigods whose […]

Pleasures of sex and berries

Matt Ridley

Hart explains why we’re adapted to the environment we evolved in, rather than the one we inhabit My review of Unfit for Purpose: When human evolution collides with the modern world by Adam Hart, for The Critic: Our ancestors have spent a few hundred years in cities at most. Before that, they spent a million […]

5 reasons why the coronavirus nightmare may soon be over

Matt Ridley

From vaccine triumphs to leadership learning curves, we can finally dare to hope for a breakthrough My article for The Telegraph: Like the ancient mariner, the virus refuses to leave us alone. Resurging in Blackburn, Spain, and America, it is still going to be around here when the winter comes. As we head indoors, it […]

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Innovation is the parent of prosperity: Naval Interview Part 2

Matt Ridley

A Silicon Valley Legend Discusses Innovation and More The second half of my much-anticipated interview with Silicon Valley legend Naval Ravikant in May is now available. We discussed my new book How Innovation Works and more. It was a wonderful discussion, and I appreciated hearing the perspective of a true entrepreneur and innovator. You can listen […]

Innovation is the child of freedom: Naval Interview Part 1

Matt Ridley

A Silicon Valley Legend Discusses Innovation and More The first half of my much-anticipated interview with Silicon Valley legend Naval Ravikant in May is now available. We discussed my new book How Innovation Works and more. It was a wonderful discussion, and I appreciated hearing the perspective of a true entrepreneur and innovator. You can listen […]

Against Environmental Pessimism

Matt Ridley

Doomsday thinking about the environment has been popular for decades. My article for PERC: In 1980, the year that PERC was founded, I spent three months in the Himalayas working on a wildlife conservation project. The purpose was to do wildlife surveys on behalf of the Indian government in the stunningly beautiful valleys of the […]

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