На TEDGlobal 2010 Мэтт Ридли демонстрирует, как на протяжении истории двигателем человеческого прогресса была встреча и соединение идей, которые рождали новые идеи. Не так важно, насколько умны личности, как то, насколько разумен коллективный мозг.

Когда идеи занимаются сексом

Prosperity has soared not because of lone geniuses, but because people exchange and combine ideas. Over the past fifty years, global income has tripled and child mortality has plummeted, even as the population doubled. Trade, specialization, and collective innovation allow humanity to achieve things no individual could create alone. The true engine of advancement is the shared 'collective brain' that grows as more people contribute and connect.

Human Progress Thrives When Ideas Connect and Multiply

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