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The Rational Optimist
Matt Ridley · 初版 2010 年
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为什么值得读
- 提供关于人类行为与发展历程的新视角
- 用丰富数据论证贫困在近几代人中大幅减少
- 行文生动且不像某些乐观著作那样盲目盲从
一万多年前，地球上的人口还不到一千万。如今已超过六十亿，其中百分之九十九的人比他们的石器时代祖先吃得更好、住得更好、娱乐更丰富，也更能免受疾病侵害。一万年来，人类所需或所求之物的供给虽有波折却始终呈上升趋势，并在过去两百年里急剧加速：热量、维生素、洁净水、机器、隐私、超越奔跑极限的出行方式，以及超越呼喊极限的远距离沟通能力。然而，
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……富有地生活 4) 《Your Money or Your Life》 5) 《I Will Teach You to Be Rich》（在你这个年纪很对口） 6) 《Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes, and How to Correct Them》（简短精炼） 7) 《The Rational Optimist》（不完全是讲个人理财，但关于行为学是一本极佳的读物）希望这些能帮到你，要是哪天想更深入地聊聊个人理财，随时找我，我很乐意帮忙！
…Live Prosperously 4) Your Money or Your Life 5) I Will Teach You to Be Rich (relevant to you at your age) 6) Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes, and How to Correct Them (short and sweet) 7) The Rational Optimist (not specifically about personal finance but a great read about behavior) Hope this helps, and if you ever want to discuss personal finance in more detail feel free to reach out, love helping!
Matt Ridley 的《The Rational Optimist》。虽然有争议，但它为我打开了一个全新视角。
The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley. Debatable but opened up a new perspective for me.
那是一本好书，Matt Ridley 的《The Rational Optimist》写得更好，而且没那么盲目乐观。Nassim Taleb 之前成功反驳过他的上一本《The Better Angels of Our Nature》
It is a good book, Matt Ridley's "The Rational Optimist" is better written, and less Polyanna. Nassim Taleb argued successfully against his previous "Better Angels"book
……事实是总会有更多东西需要去理解，而作为个人，你能理解的比例只会越来越小。我很喜欢 Matt Ridley 在这方面的观点（比如《The Rational Optimist》这本书）以及他的 Ted 演讲[2]。一个很有趣的冷知识是：法国国王路易十四每天晚上大概有 500 个人为他准备晚餐。而你随便去趟城里就能享受到同样规格、甚至食物和服务还要好得多的待遇……
…is that there will keep being more to understand, and that as an individual you will keep understanding a smaller and smaller proportion of it. I enjoy perpectives from Matt Ridley about this (eg The Rational Optimist book) and his Ted talk[2]. A nice tidbit is that King Louis XIV of France had about 500 people preparing meals for him each night. You can go to town and have the same, with far better food and service…
像 Stephen Pinker（《Enlightenment Now》）、Matt Ridley（《The Rational Optimist》）和 Max Roser（Our World in Data）这样的人，非常有说服力地用数据表明，近几代人以来贫困率已经大幅下降。
Folks like Stephen Pinker (Enlightenment Now), Matt Ridley (The Rational Optimist), and Max Roser (Our World in Data) have done a compelling job of presenting data that shows poverty has decreased substantially in recent generations.
……微生物学领域重大突破的历程。我是个开发者，但这本书简直让人欲罢不能，彻底刷新了我的认知，让我看清了细胞是如何运转、执行类逻辑功能以及进行沟通的。Matt Ridley 的《The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves》——Ridley 的核心论点是分工和贸易是改善人类境况的主要途径，他提出了很多引人深思的思路……
…history of the big breakthroughs in micro-biology. I'm a developer, but this book was a page turner that really opened my eyes to to how cells operate, perform logic-like functions, and communicate. The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves - Matt Ridley * Ridley's basic thesis is that specialization and trade are the primary means of the betterment of the human condition, and he has a lot of thought provoking ways…