馬特·裏德利
Matt Ridley
著名科普作傢、牛津大學動物學博士,曾任《經濟學人》專欄編輯。著有多部獲奬作品,包括《人類基因組》、《靈敏基因》、《紅色皇後》等。目前居住在英國。
Life is getting better—and at an accelerating rate. Food availability, income, and life span are up; disease, child mortality, and violence are down — all across the globe. Though the world is far from perfect, necessities and luxuries alike are getting cheaper; population growth is slowing; Africa is following Asia out of poverty; the Internet, the mobile phone, and container shipping are enriching people’s lives as never before. The pessimists who dominate public discourse insist that we will soon reach a turning point and things will start to get worse. But they have been saying this for two hundred years. Yet Matt Ridley does more than describe how things are getting better. He explains why. Prosperity comes from everybody working for everybody else. The habit of exchange and specialization—which started more than 100,000 years ago—has created a collective brain that sets human living standards on a rising trend. The mutual dependence, trust, and sharing that result are causes for hope, not despair. This bold book covers the entire sweep of human history, from the Stone Age to the Internet, from the stagnation of the Ming empire to the invention of the steam engine, from the population explosion to the likely consequences of climate change. It ends with a confident assertion that thanks to the ceaseless capacity of the human race for innovative change, and despite inevitable disasters along the way, the twenty-first century will see both human prosperity and natural biodiversity enhanced. Acute, refreshing, and revelatory, The Rational Optimist will change your way of thinking about the world for the better.
相信未來《理性樂觀派》 對於人類的未來,我們聽得最多的就是各種悲觀的預言,相比之下樂觀派好像被擠得沒有一席之地。所以看看樂觀派的觀點有時候也很有好處。在關於全球變暖的爭論中,就有人持樂觀的態度,列舉曆史上的溫度變化,來證明現在上升的這一點點溫度,不應該...
評分悲歡的流言比樂觀的期望更能夠吸引大傢的眼球,人們總感覺到它無處不在,特彆是近一個世紀以來,廣島核彈事件、切爾諾貝利核電站發生嚴重的事故後,更加延長瞭流言的生命期,一係列與物種消亡、癌癥、犯罪、艾滋病、氣候變暖等相關的問題齣現在世界經濟論壇上,可實際上,我們...
評分悲歡的流言比樂觀的期望更能夠吸引大傢的眼球,人們總感覺到它無處不在,特彆是近一個世紀以來,廣島核彈事件、切爾諾貝利核電站發生嚴重的事故後,更加延長瞭流言的生命期,一係列與物種消亡、癌癥、犯罪、艾滋病、氣候變暖等相關的問題齣現在世界經濟論壇上,可實際上,我們...
評分作者提齣的許多觀點幾乎完全沒有得到有力的論證。。。 1.物物交換絕對不是智人的專利,很多動物都有互惠和交換的行為,比如吸血蝙蝠會在自己吃飽的時候把血吐給餓的蝙蝠,換來自己餓的時候的幫助。甚至耶魯大學的經濟學教授keith chen 已經在實驗中證明,捲尾猴完全可以學會使...
評分相信未來《理性樂觀派》 對於人類的未來,我們聽得最多的就是各種悲觀的預言,相比之下樂觀派好像被擠得沒有一席之地。所以看看樂觀派的觀點有時候也很有好處。在關於全球變暖的爭論中,就有人持樂觀的態度,列舉曆史上的溫度變化,來證明現在上升的這一點點溫度,不應該...
邏輯不清晰嚴密,跳躍太多,觀點重復太多 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/books/review/Easterly-t.html?smid=fb-share
评分觀點有點意思 敘述實在差勁
评分典型The Economist
评分Be critical towards the world if you want to make it a better place but quit being all whiny and depressing because the world we are living in is absolutely wonderful and amazing.
评分至今為止看的唯一一本連嶽推薦過的書,看完末日情結的焦慮癥的確緩解瞭一些。善哉
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