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The Evolution of Everything by Matt Ridley - Book Summary
“Why Nobody Actually Invented Anything”
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Title: The Evolution of Everything
Author: Matt Ridley
Category: Culture & Society
Did anyone actually invent the light bulb, or did it just kind of happen? Sam and Sophie open the episode sitting with that question, because Matt Ridley's answer is stranger than most of us were taught in school.
They walk through the book's core move: taking Darwin's variation-selection-heredity loop and applying it to…
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