The parent of prosperity
Innovation is the child of freedom and the parent of prosperity. Matt Ridley – How Innovation Works I finished this in audiobook form today. Highly… Read More »The parent of prosperity
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Matt Ridley on the Wright Brothers: innovation is gradual
… with very few exceptions, man-made technologies evolve from previous man-made technologies and are not invented from scratch. This is a key characteristic with evolutionary… Read More »Matt Ridley on the Wright Brothers: innovation is gradual
Autocatalysing innovations
Autocatalysing innovations are innovations whose outputs lead to a virtuous cycle of further adoption and innovation. Steam engines The earliest steam engines were used to… Read More »Autocatalysing innovations
Innovation as network phenomenon: Matt Ridley on who invented the motor car
So who invented the motor car running on an internal combustion engine? Like the steam engine – and as I will show later, the computer… Read More »Innovation as network phenomenon: Matt Ridley on who invented the motor car
Recommendation: Econtalk with Matt Ridley on How Innovation Works
I highly recommend this episode of Econtalk with Matt Ridley talking about how innovation makes inventions useful by making them available, affordable and reliable. The… Read More »Recommendation: Econtalk with Matt Ridley on How Innovation Works
Matt Ridley: 15 principles of innovation from “How Innovation Works”
Note: these are a series of excerpts from a longer discussion – link below. I think it [Innovation] is the most important thing that happens… Read More »Matt Ridley: 15 principles of innovation from “How Innovation Works”
Matt Ridley: invention vs innovation
[Public service announcement for email subscribers: sorry for the unfinished post you may have received out of the weekend – I was having issues with… Read More »Matt Ridley: invention vs innovation