HomeUploadUpload DirectHotlinkRandomAbouttheme toggle
Expand

Matt Ridley on Evolution, Economics, and "Ideas Having Sex"

Views:828
@ReasonVids

Matt Ridley, an Oxford-educated zoologist, turned to journalism in 1983 when he got a job as The Economists science reporter. He soon became the magazines Washington correspondent and eventually served as its American editor.

Ridley has written several acclaimed books that combine clear explanations of complex biology with discussions of the sciences implications for human society. In the reason.tv interview, Ridley discusses some of the themes in The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature; The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation; Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters; and Nature via Nurture: Genes, Experience, & What Makes Us Human; as well as his forthcoming book which seeks to understand how and why human progress happens.

Paul Feine and Alex Manning interviewed Ridley in the Milton and Rose Friedman Reading Room at Chapman University in Orange, California.

matt ridley
,
reason.tv
,
ideas
,
sex
,
evolution
,
monkey
,
red queen
,
author
,
evolutionary sex
    Thumbnail for After Arnold: California gubernatorial candidate Tom Campbell.9:15
    After Arnold: California gubernatorial candidate Tom Campbell.
    ReasonVids
    993 views
    Thumbnail for Israeli Dual Citizenship in US Congress is the biggest problem in US Congress1:53
    Israeli Dual Citizenship in US Congress is the biggest problem in US Congress
    bestofvoatxyz
    785 views
    Thumbnail for Turtle makes pattern in the sand 0:09
    Turtle makes pattern in the sand
    bestofupgoat
    73 views
    Thumbnail for This Rolex is SO nearly PERFECT! | Adrian Barker6:49
    This Rolex is SO nearly PERFECT! | Adrian Barker
    invidious
    100 views
    Thumbnail for con77 got hired on at an oil refinery, but on his first day he blew it0:11
    con77 got hired on at an oil refinery, but on his first day he blew it
    bestofupgoat
    443 views
    Thumbnail for Live! #ตาสว่างกว่า รัฐบาลโอ๋ทหารกลบข่าวปฏิวัติ สภาร้อนย่างสดนายกโพยเดือนมีนา  Ep.275 | SiroteTalk3:21:57
    Live! #ตาสว่างกว่า รัฐบาลโอ๋ทหารกลบข่าวปฏิวัติ สภาร้อนย่างสดนายกโพยเดือนมีนา Ep.275 | SiroteTalk
    invidious
    100 views
    Thumbnail for Will California Legalize Pot? Q&A With Tom Ammaniano9:44
    Will California Legalize Pot? Q&A With Tom Ammaniano
    ReasonVids
    897 views
    Thumbnail for Banning Bikini Baristas, Big Dogs, and Energy Drinks! (Nanny of the Month, March 2013)1:33
    Banning Bikini Baristas, Big Dogs, and Energy Drinks! (Nanny of the Month, March 2013)
    ReasonVids
    858 views
    Thumbnail for Save D.C. Daycare!1:08
    Save D.C. Daycare!
    IJvids
    906 views
    Thumbnail for Duck feeds fish friends0:26
    Duck feeds fish friends
    bestofupgoat
    59 views
    Thumbnail for Cheech and Chong - Mexican Americans / Beaners3:41
    Cheech and Chong - Mexican Americans / Beaners
    bestofvoatxyz
    670 views
    Thumbnail for Jordan Peterson 999 IQ | Moneytips0:59
    Jordan Peterson 999 IQ | Moneytips
    invidious
    1011 views
    Thumbnail for Average bri'ish weekend3:19
    Average bri'ish weekend
    bestofvoatxyz
    1723 views
    Thumbnail for Can Bitcoin Survive a Hard Fork? Xapo's Wences Casares on Block Size and Bitcoin's Future10:04
    Can Bitcoin Survive a Hard Fork? Xapo's Wences Casares on Block Size and Bitcoin's Future
    ReasonVids
    901 views
    Thumbnail for The Truth About Fracking5:34
    The Truth About Fracking
    ReasonVids
    952 views
    Thumbnail for The Guatemalan Telecommunications Miracle: A Conversation with Alfredo Guzman8:04
    The Guatemalan Telecommunications Miracle: A Conversation with Alfredo Guzman
    ReasonVids
    912 views
    Thumbnail for DC City Study Launch 10-26-106:51
    DC City Study Launch 10-26-10
    IJvids
    911 views
    Thumbnail for Sex and the Supreme Court: The True Story of Lawrence v. Texas8:48
    Sex and the Supreme Court: The True Story of Lawrence v. Texas
    ReasonVids
    995 views
    Thumbnail for diggernicks and paul_neri vs Trumpman14880:40
    diggernicks and paul_neri vs Trumpman1488
    voatcatbox
    471 views
    Thumbnail for Canadian man protests ...0:13
    Canadian man protests ...
    bestofupgoat
    118 views
    Thumbnail for Recreating Minecraft from 1D to 4D | Digital Secrets7:31
    Recreating Minecraft from 1D to 4D | Digital Secrets
    invidious
    301 views
    Thumbnail for Three Ways Parents are Ruining Halloween3:17
    Three Ways Parents are Ruining Halloween
    ReasonVids
    858 views
    Thumbnail for Live trading Gold and bitcoin #bitcoin #ethereum || wealthsecret1:34:29
    Live trading Gold and bitcoin #bitcoin #ethereum || wealthsecret
    invidious
    84 views
    Thumbnail for This Environmentalist Says Only Nuclear Power Can Save Us Now21:45
    This Environmentalist Says Only Nuclear Power Can Save Us Now
    ReasonVids
    1016 views

points

Permalink
Reply
matt ridley
,
reason.tv
,
ideas
,
sex
,
evolution
,
monkey
,
red queen
,
author
,
evolutionary sex
TOS  •  Add Keywords  •  Donate  •   Analytics  •   DMCA  •   Puzzle