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Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley
British Scientist
Born: Feb 7, 1958
Faster History Innovation Me People Time
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I thought journalism would enable me to be a mile wide and an inch deep. Matt Ridley
Me Thought Would Journalism Enable Mile Inch Deep Wide
I think if you put people in front of some huge temptation where it's possible to grab as much as they can for themselves, almost everyone will. The beauty of commerce is that it mutes that. The chap behind the counter in the corner shop has no interest in short-changing you, because he wants you to come back. Matt Ridley
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I felt cheated by the way grown-ups told me that the future of the world was bleak when I became a teenager in the 1970s. The pollution explosion was unstoppable. Global famine was inevitable. I genuinely want the next generation, my own kids, to know that actually it's possible that the future might be better than the past. Matt Ridley
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Prosperity has brought complications. Our lives are busier, faster, more stressful. They're nostalgic for a simpler, slower time. Matt Ridley
Time Prosperity Faster Our Our Lives Complications Slower Brought More Simpler Nostalgic Busier Lives Stressful
Nowadays, ideas can meet and mate very much faster than before, and the Internet is only accelerating this process. So innovation is bound to accelerate. Matt Ridley
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It's terrifying the way molecular biology has become more and more jargon ridden. But I strongly believe that my book can be read by the intelligent layman. I want everyone who bought a copy of 'A Brief History of Time' to buy a copy of 'Genome'. Matt Ridley
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I try and get it right the first time. I may rewrite a sentence four or five times, but I rarely go back and kill a whole page and rewrite it. Matt Ridley
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