The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
von Matt Ridley
The cumulative accretion of knowledge by specialists that allows us each to consume more and more different things by each producing fewer and fewer is, I submit, the central story of humanity. Besides, a million years of natural selection shaped human nature to be ambitious to rear successful children, not to settle for contentment: people are programmed to desire, not to appreciate.
The cumulative accretion of knowledge by specialists that allows us each to consume more and more different things by each producing fewer and fewer is, I submit, the central story of humanity.
Besides, a million years of natural selection shaped human nature to be ambitious to rear successful children, not to settle for contentment: people are programmed to desire, not to appreciate.
This is the diagnostic feature of modern life, the very definition of a high standard of living: diverse consumption, simplified production. Make one thing, use lots.
The characteristic signature of prosperity is increasing specialisation. The characteristic signature of poverty is a return to self-sufficiency.
Healthcare and education are among the few things that cost more in terms of hours worked now than they did in the 1950s.
"The cumulative accretion of knowledge by specialists that allows us each to consume more and more different things by each producing fewer and fewer is, I submit, the central story of humanity."
"Besides, a million years of natural selection shaped human nature to be ambitious to rear successful children, not to settle for contentment: people are programmed to desire, not to appreciate."
"This is the diagnostic feature of modern life, the very definition of a high standard of living: diverse consumption, simplified production. Make one thing, use lots."
"The characteristic signature of prosperity is increasing specialisation. The characteristic signature of poverty is a return to self-sufficiency."
"Healthcare and education are among the few things that cost more in terms of hours worked now than they did in the 1950s."
"Without trade, innovation just does not happen. Exchange is to technology as sex is to evolution. It stimulates novelty."
"This is what prosperity is: the increase in the amount of goods or services you can earn with the same amount of work."
- →This is the diagnostic feature of modern life, the very definition of a high standard of living: diverse consumption, simplified production. Make one thing, use lots.
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