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A Masterpiece. Matt Ridley is always a pleasure to read, but this puts the icing on the cake. If I claimed The Rational Optimist to be the most important non-fiction book I've read in my entire life, it wouldn't be far from the truth. I'll be going through the individual references next week, and looking at their citations for more insights, but seriously, this is a must read. If you want to fight poverty, save the environment, and build a better world - look no further. READ THIS BOOK.

Edit: Also, this book, if you read between the lines, is the ultimate self-help book. As Einstein put it "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving". As Gouthama and Heracletus put it "The only constant in this world is Change". Thus the path to enlightenment is not the search for tranquility by staying constant, but acknowledging and being aware of Growth. When Matt built up his argument for the pervasive "equilibrium searching" side of Science, my heart skipped a beat.

Anymore detail, and I would spoil the book. Hence I will stop here.

P.S.
This book is on Obama's Summer reading list. Depending on the votes it get he might read it in August. So if you've read it and think it's worth the president's time, please go the below link and vote for it.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/64...