23 of Your AMA Questions, Answered

Matt Ridley

Last week, I did an AMA with a community called whatshouldireadnext.com and the answers are now available on their blog. I answered 23 questions in total from their community and staff as well as a few from social media, discussing the usual topics of innovation and the pandemic, but also some new ones like time […]

Is the chilling truth that the decision to impose lockdown was based on crude mathematical guesswork?

Matt Ridley

My article with MP David Davis for The Telegraph: Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College “stepped back” from the Sage group advising ministers when his lockdown-busting romantic trysts were exposed. Perhaps he should have been dropped for a more consequential misstep. Details of the model his team built to predict the epidemic are emerging and they […]

We know everything – and nothing – about Covid

Matt Ridley

It is data, not modelling, that we need now My article for The Spectator: We know everything about Sars-CoV-2 and nothing about it. We can read every one of the (on average) 29,903 letters in its genome and know exactly how its 15 genes are transcribed into instructions to make which proteins. But we cannot […]

It is time to take seriously the link between Vitamin D deficiency and more serious Covid-19 symptoms

Matt Ridley

There has long been evidence that a sufficiency of vitamin D protects against viruses My article for The Telegraph: A suggestive set of numbers was published online in April by a medical scientist in the Philippines, Dr Mark Alipio. Of 49 patients with mild symptoms of Covid-19 in three hospitals in southern Asian countries, only […]

Podcast: The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

Matt Ridley

I went on The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg podcast to discuss innovation, the lockdowns, and more. How does technological innovation actually happen? We were able to speak to Matt Ridley, who has literally written the (upcoming) book on this subject, How Innovation Works. Matt brings up fascinating points, such as whether or not innovation really […]

Podcast: The Political Orphanage with Andrew Heaton

Matt Ridley

A month or two ago, I went on a podcast called The Political Orphanage with Andrew Heaton to have what Andrew called a “literary tailgating party”, and discuss both The Rational Optimist and my upcoming book How Innovation Works. Listen on Apple Podcasts I thought it was a really good interview, and enjoyed it so […]

Watch: BlazeTV with Glenn Beck

Matt Ridley

I went on The Glenn Beck Program on BlazeTV for 15 minutes to discuss the pandemic, lockdowns, the NHS, the economy, and more: Full Episode on BlazeTVFull Episode on iTunes (Interview begins at 45:30) To see more of my appearances as soon as they’re available, subscribe to my new YouTube channel. To stay updated, follow […]

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