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Francis Crick

Francis Crick

Matt Ridley
2006
T2 213 pages · about 3h 33m to read Open Librarygoodreads

About Matt Ridley

British science writer and member of the House of Lords, former chairman of Northern Rock, writing on evolution, genomics, trade and innovation.

The Rational Optimist argues that exchange and specialisation, not individual intelligence, drive rising living standards, and assembles the long-run price and productivity evidence behind the claim. How Innovation Works applies the same method to case histories, showing invention as incremental, collective and largely detached from formal research spending.

House of Lords, Northern Rock

Matt Ridley’s page →House of Lords →Northern Rock →

Who recommended it 1

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Twenty-three chapters, one per chromosome, each using a gene to open a subject.

“I highly recommend Genome as well, to figure out the rational basis behind ethics and the origin of virtue.” — Naval Ravikant

Source: Nav.al — 'Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 2' (Naval's podcast, edited transcript)

Recommended by: Charlie Munger, Mohnish Pabrai and 2 others

A Life DecodedA Life Decoded
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J. Craig Venter · 2007
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Insider account of the private race to sequence the human genome

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Innovation is gradual, collective and bottom-up, not the work of lone inventors.

“It's a must-read for entrepreneurs and government officials who want to either be innovative themselves or foster innovation.” — Naval Ravikant

Source: Nav.al — 'Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 2'

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Balaji S. Srinivasan

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T2 Nature Via Nurture
Matt Ridley · 2003
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How genes and experience interact, each shaping how the other acts.

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

The Agile GeneThe Agile Gene
T2 The Agile Gene
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How genes and experience interact, each shaping how the other acts.

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

The Evolution of Everything
T2 The Evolution of Everything
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Big changes in human affairs emerge from the bottom up rather than by design.

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

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