Matt Ridley · 2010
A non-fiction work arguing that human progress and prosperity are driven by the exchange of ideas and specialization.
Jonathan Haidt is sympathetic to the views presented regarding human progress and optimism.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“Looking at the long history of humanity, and I know you're, you know, I'm very sympathetic to Matt Ridley's book, Rational Optimist, you know, Steve Pinker's points about the better angels of our nature. So, and Robert Wright, Robert Wright's book, Non-Zero.”
Why: Sympathetic to the views presented in the book regarding human progress and optimism.
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Other books cited in the same episodes.
Nonzero
Robert Wright
Discussed together in: Jonathan Haidt on Adjusting to Smartphones and Social Media (Conversations with Tyler)
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
Discussed together in: Jonathan Haidt on Adjusting to Smartphones and Social Media (Conversations with Tyler)
The Coddling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff
Discussed together in: Jonathan Haidt on Adjusting to Smartphones and Social Media (Conversations with Tyler)
The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt
Discussed together in: Jonathan Haidt on Adjusting to Smartphones and Social Media (Conversations with Tyler)