Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Matt Ridley - The Rational Optimist

 Matt Ridley talks about the advent of trade and how the collective brain creates prosperity. 


 http://www.rationaloptimist.com/



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One of the great things about capitalism is - If you're opposed to capitalism, if you're opposed to free trade, no one is going to force you to participate. -- Tim Lebsack


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"The greater the mental charlatan, the more definite his insistence on the wickedness and weaknesses of human nature. Yet how can anyone speak of it today, with every soul in a prison, with every heart fettered, wounded, and maimed?... With human nature caged in a narrow space, whipped daily into submission, how can we speak of its potentialities?"
-- Emma Goldman

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead

"Intellectual slavery, of whatever nature it may be, will always have as a natural result both political and social slavery." -- Mikhail A. Bakunin


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2 comments:

  1. Tim: I love your quote on capitalism. And it's oh so true! Unlike communism, Marxism, or even tyranny where we would have NO choice!

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  2. PDH - thank you !!
    I've been using similar statements quite a bit with my socialist friends. I suggest to them that they form their own little commune sharing healthcare with each other but they love me so much they refuse to do it without my participation.

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