# When ideas have sex

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [When ideas have sex](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex/cdbe268cf166), 17 min (TED's player)