# Trial, error and the God complex

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2011
- Speaker: Tim Harford
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford_trial_error_and_the_god_complex)
- 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: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems -- and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk from TEDGlobal 2011, he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes.

## Lectures

1. [Trial, error and the God complex](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/tim_harford_trial_error_and_the_god_complex/62f57dbc3e20), 18 min (TED's player)