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The Rational Optimist

Matt Ridley · first published 2010

Mentioned 6 time(s) by 2 guest(s).

  1. Bill Gurley on The Tim Ferriss Show (2025-12-18): mention

    “…This gets back to Ridley's book, The Rational Optimist, but he talks about prosperity…”

    Bill Gurley (#840)

  2. Bill Gurley on The Tim Ferriss Show (2025-12-18): mention

    “…Going back to Ridley's book and the notion of pure competition, I think the society…”

    Bill Gurley (#840)

  3. Bill Gurley on The Tim Ferriss Show (2023-01-26): mention

    “…I think Bruce had just read The Rational Optimist, which is a Matt Ridley book.…”

    Legendary Investor Bill Gurley on Investing Rules, Finding Outliers, Insights from Jeff Bezos and Howard Marks, Must-Read Books, Creating True Competitive Advantages, Open-Source Strategies, Adapting Mental Models to New Realities, and More (#651)

  4. Bill Gurley on The Tim Ferriss Show (2023-01-26): recommend

    “…I think Ridley’s two books, The Rational Optimist and How Innovation Works, they’re just fantastic…”

    Legendary Investor Bill Gurley on Investing Rules, Finding Outliers, Insights from Jeff Bezos and Howard Marks, Must-Read Books, Creating True Competitive Advantages, Open-Source Strategies, Adapting Mental Models to New Realities, and More (#651)

  5. Naval Ravikant on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-06-01): recommend

    “…I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all Ridley’s. Rational Optimist, Genome, Red Queen, Origins of Virtue.…”

    Nick Szabo (#244)

  6. Naval Ravikant on The Tim Ferriss Show (2018-06-01): recommend

    “…Rational Optimist. He has Evolution of Everything, which I haven’t read yet.…”

    Nick Szabo (#244)