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Video Clips From Speaker Events And Interviews

You will find a selection of videos here taken at international events where Matt Ridley has been speaking about his book the Rational Optimist and his views on evolution, genetics and society. The clips also include radio and TV interviews.

Matt Ridley on How Fossil Fuels are Greening the Planet

Friday, March 15, 2013

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CIS, Sydney, 16.6.11

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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Zurich Minds 17.12.2011

An 18-minute talk on the collective brain at Zurich Minds, December 2011

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

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City of ideas

Matt Ridley at the Cuidad de Las Ideas, Puebla, Mexico, November 2010

Thursday, February 09, 2012

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PBS Newshour: The Evolution of Prosperity

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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The Rational Optimist

Was life really better in the past? The Rational Optimist says "we're all kings now" because of exchange and specialisation.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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Authors at Google: The Rational Optimist

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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ReasonTV interview: When Ideas Have Sex

Matt Ridley discusses The Rational Optimist on Reason.tv

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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Is it okay to be optimistic?

http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/2010/may/18/rational-optimist/

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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The Rational Optimist: Intensive Farming

Although people generally are optimistic about their own lives, they are pessimistic about the future of the planet. But there's good reason to believe that the more progress we make, and the richer we get, the better off the planet will be.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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The Rational Optimist

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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Noam Kustucki @ TEDx Warsaw

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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Reason.tv interview

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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Pictet Matt Ridley - Feb 2012

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

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Beyond the Rational - Matt Ridley - Zeitgeist 2012

Thursday, August 16, 2012

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