![]() ![]() One idea could lead to another, and no idea was lost in the process. At some point, human intelligence became collective which enable more innovation. Collective intelligence as an evolutional advantage: Not a single human knows how to make a computer mouse.The Rational Optimist Summary When ideas have sex At the Chicago World Fair in 1893 people were asked about what innovation they think will have a big impact in the next century.From warmer sees, they will, but where colder sees become warmer there will be new life. Reefs will not disappear due to global warming.In the 2000s it took 3 life / 1 million people. In 1920 a weather-related disaster took 242 lives / 1 million people. The death rate from natural disasters declined by 99 percent since 1920.A car traveling at full speed produces less pollution today than a parked car in 1970.Without fossil fuel, modern men would need 600 unpaid slaves to afford the same lifestyle.Its insight can be just as valuable today, even though Riddle left out some threats like a global pandemic ( as Bill Gates pointed out).īy Matt Ridley Get the book Surprising Facts The book was published in 2010, shortly after the financial crisis. Ridley worked as the science editor for the Economist for nine years and published several books about innovation, evolution, and human nature as an independent writer. The Rational Optimist was written by accomplished science writer, Matt Ridley. This book is about the unsung incredible achievements and why we can be optimistic because of them. We are drawn to bad news, while we take incredible achievements for granted. I picked up The Rational Optimist to get to know more about the bright side of history and worldwide trends. What if there is a different side of the climate change debate, which is less worrisome?.What if innovation always pushed humans forward?. ![]() But what if we live in the most prosperous time humans ever experienced?.Inflation is record high, energy and food prices are steadily rising, there are layoffs all over the world, and ChatGPT will take our jobs. In 2022 (when I write this) there are not a lot of voices that are signaling to us that we should be overly optimistic about the future. Project a ridiculously high return on investment for your next campaign to get your marketing budget accepted.Īn even better reason to be an optimist, is that being grumpy all the time sucks.Publish optimistic inflation and job market predictions to cool down the economy (if you are the government agency).Save like a pessimist, and invest like an optimist when it comes to personal finance.But for some mysterious reason, every book and every fact points to the direction that it makes much more sense to be an optimist. Reading extensively is part of my overthinking process. I am an overthinker and a pessimist by nature. ![]()
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