The Rational Optimist

"The most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years. He has written four of my top 20 books."

"Matt Ridley's "The Rational Optimist" is the most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years."

""The most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years.""

"The most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years."

"Re-read [this great book] after 5 years. As stimulating as ever."

"Re-read Matt Ridley's great book The Rational Optimist after 5 years. As stimulating as ever. Hope next book coming soon."

"The books I've given most as a gift."

"One of John Arnold's answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"

"Its subject is the history of humanity, focusing on why our species has succeeded and how we should think about the future."

"Sparkling explanation of how the economy evolves, producing the glorious cornucopia of goods and services available all around us. How to feel good about the future even in dark times."

"Argues [that] economic progress is the greater force [that] is pushing society forward."

"I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all this author's. This is my favorite one."

"[The author] has the ability to combine thinking from many fields - most notably science, technology, psychology, & a heavy dose of microeconomics."

"[One of the] best books I read in 2017."

"Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website."

"It argues compellingly that everything is not only going to be OK in the future, it is surely going to be Fucking Great. That much, I agree with."