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How Innovation Works

And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

Matt Ridley

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How Innovation Works
Nature of Innovation
Collective Process
Bottom-Up Evolution
Mechanisms & Drivers
Serendipity & Recombination
Communication
Types & Examples
Incremental Improvements
High-Risk Trial & Error
Intangible Ideas
Barriers & Challenges
Resistance & Fear
Inefficient Control
Global Landscape
Western Stagnation
Eastern Boom

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According to the book, what does the development of the atmospheric steam engine and the lightbulb demonstrate about the nature of innovation?

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How Innovation Works (2020) presents a provocative view of history in which innovation takes center stage. This detailed account of human ingenuity explains how innovation happens and why it is important.

Who Should Listen to How Innovation Works?

  • History buffs interested in the roots of today’s technology
  • Futurists eagerly anticipating the next big invention
  • Anyone curious about how and why the world changes

About the Author: Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley is a best-selling author focusing on science, technology, and economics. His many books include The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge, The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, and Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters.

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