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product_id: 330461304
title: "Harper Perennial The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge"
brand: "matt ridley"
price: "5765 kr"
currency: ISK
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reviews_count: 5
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# Harper Perennial The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge

**Brand:** matt ridley
**Price:** 5765 kr
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- **What is this?** Harper Perennial The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge by matt ridley
- **How much does it cost?** 5765 kr with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

Harper Perennial The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge

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## Customer Reviews

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    Four Stars
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 November 2016*

Good

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    The Social Aspect Of Evolution
  

*by P***N on Reviewed in Canada on 11 December 2015*

Ridley attempts to explain; how evolution occurs, in almost all parts of our life and society. This process is a bottom up procedure. New ideas emerge and take root in society. The best ideas develop and grow into common social practices. The bad ideas eventually die out. The comparision to Darwin`s Theory of Evolution becomes obvious to the reader. Adam Smith made the observation, that a complex economy can exist without a central plan. Both Darwin and Smith`s ideas, are at the core of Ridley`s message.  Ridley divides the book, into different examples of the bottom up process. Culture, the economy, religion, education, and government, are just a few of the subjects considered. According to Ridley; the bottom up natural selection system, yeilds positive results. Ridley also notes; how Human Beings are forever trying to interfere, with this wonderful bottom up process. Elitists, planners, and other do-gooders, are constantly introducing top down solutions. These top down arrangements inevitably fail.  This was a phenomenal book and an entertaining read.

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    ¡Cuidado! Propaganda ultraliberal
  
  

*by C***A on Reviewed in Spain on 24 June 2019*

El libro parece tratar, por su título, de divulgación científica. Sin embargo, su contenido es más especulativo que basado en datos o teorías bien armadas. No deja de ser interesante la metáfora de la evolución biológica aplicada  diversos contextos y la importancia de los procesos de abajo-arriba. Sin embargo, abunda lo que yo considero auténtica propaganda ultraliberal, con repetida insistencia en el asunto de "dejar que las cosas pasen" y mínima intervención del estado. Tampoco es una ideología extraña en un miembro del Partido Conservador británico y V Vizconde Ridley.

## Frequently Bought Together

- EVOLUTION EVERYTHING
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- The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature

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*Last updated: 2026-02-01*