![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is also the author of ‘The Red Queen’ and ‘Genome’. His book “ The Evolution of Everything” (2015), argues that humanity’s most important achievements develop from the bottom up, and counters conventional assumptions that major scientific and social imperatives are dictated by top-down authorities. Matt’s latest book, “ How Innovation Works” (2020) explores how innovation has evolved as a human habit, and how it is constantly shaping the world we live in. The book was longlisted for the FT’s Business Book of the Year, short-listed for the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction, and won the 2011 Hayek Prize and the 2012 Julian Simon award. In his best-selling book, “ The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves” (Fourth Estate, 2010), Matt takes on contemporary pessimism to argue that, in spite of disasters and reverses, the world has been getting better and better for humanity over the last two centuries, and that our quality of life and material wealth will continue to increase in the 21st century. Matt Ridley’s books have sold over a million copies, been translated into 31 languages and won several awards. Matt Ridley is a bestselling author of several thought provoking books on evolution, genetics and society and expert speaker on innovation and collaboration, macro-history and human progress and climate change. ![]()
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