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The Evolution of Everything by Matt Ridley — WisdomDeck honest review
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The Evolution of Everything

by Matt Ridley

Ridley argues that most of culture, from morality to money to the internet, emerged rather than being designed. Provocative and sometimes overreaching.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Order emerges.
  2. Design is overrated.
  3. Trust bottom-up processes.

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Emergence everywhere.

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