A review by sshparker
The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge by Matt Ridley

3.0

The general idea that Ridley writes about is correct, and his first few chapters are excellent examples of how change in our world evolves rather than is directed. I enjoyed the book to start, and totally agree with the author's outlook.

However, in the later chapters his hypothesis is a thinly veiled veneer over his Libertarian views. The two views are complimentary, but not all attempts at trying to direct change are bad. Just as not all government is bad.