"the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It’s not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is." Or just go straight for the TED talk:https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex …
I highly recommend reading @mattwridley 's book "The Rational Optimist". He makes a very convincing case that the main driving cause of human advancement in all areas is attributable to the discovery of trading, a fairly recent development.
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