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When ideas have sex

Matt Ridley · TED

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About

At TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, 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.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2010
Speaker
Matt Ridley
Year
2010
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Business and management, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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