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Home > Parallels between Economics and Evolution, or What Happens When Ideas Have Sex
A talk by Matt Ridley [9.30.09]
Topic:
LIFE

Farming — a division of labour between humans and other species; Fossil fuels — a division of labour between humans and extinct species?

Parallels between Economics and Evolution, or What Happens When Ideas Have Sex [1]

MATT RIDLEY is a Science Writer; Founding chairman of the International Centre for Life; Author, Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code.

Further reading on Edge: "The Genome Changes Everything": A Talk with Matt Ridley [2]

BACK TO EVENT PAGE: DARWIN IN CHILE [3]

Links:
[1] http://www.edge.org/conversation/parallels-between-economics-and-evolution-or-what-happens-when-ideas-have-sex
[2] http://edge.org/conversation/the-genome-changes-everything
[3] http://www.edge.org/events/darwin-in-chile