Matt Ridley: When Ideas Have Sex (Brilliant Clip, TED Leadership Conference 2010)

Video:  TED Conference -- July 18, 2010

The much-discussed breakout speech at the '10 conference.

At TED Global 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas.  It's not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is.  It's all about "ideas having sex with each other."

• Read Wired's coverage of Ridley's speech

Matt Ridley bio:

• http://www.ted.com/speakers/matt_ridley.html

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