Ideas are really cool. Sex is really cool. What’s really, really cool is when ideas have sex. According to Matt Ridley, when ideas start having major sex — in the form of cultural exchange between different groups of humans — we end up with major cultural evolution and, in turn, prosperity.
I’ve been a big fan of Ridley’s since I read his “The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature,” and this recent TED talk by him is wonderful. I highly recommend you check it out. Even if you don’t agree with Ridley’s thinking, I’m sure you’ll find some of his thoughts intreguing. If nothing else, your thoughts will have the chance to have sex with Ridley’s thoughts and Ridley is right, this could be very good for all of us.