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How Innovation Works
History / Technology
Ridley's case that innovation is gradual, collective, and bottom-up rather than the work of lone geniuses, and that it requires freedom to recombine. Balaji recommends it to founders as the antidote to the Great Man theory of progress.
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Balaji Srinivasan
Listed in Balaji's For Founders section of recommended reading; he points founders to Ridley for the bottom-up, recombinant view of innovation.
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Brian Armstrong
“Really enjoyed reading this new book from Matt Ridley.”
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Naval Ravikant
“Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading.”
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Bill Gurley
“I really, really loved 'How Innovation Works' from Matt Ridley. It is a very elegant follow up to 'The Rational Optimist' - read both if you can.”