Matt Ridley - The Division of Intellectual Labour

[marchesarosa]

Interesting talk about the Division of Labour - related to the conversation we were having somewhere else (can't find it) about the vulnerability of complex societies to catastrophic population wipe-out.

Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex

www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex.html

[lazarus]

Agreed.
Ted talks should be recommended on here.
I watch them all the time and it could be interesting to post some on their appropriate sections.
No time to watch this now but I will.

Do you know if it is possible to post them directly?
The all have embed links so it is worth a try.

[marchesarosa]

I tried and failed to post the video here directly.

[lazarus]

Sept 8, 2010 23:23:19 GMT 1 marchesarosa said:

related to the conversation we were having somewhere else (can't find it) about the vulnerability of complex societies to catastrophic population wipe-out.

I remember this topic too and the video does give an example of how people survived when cut off.

And it is true - NO ONE knows how to make a pencil!

[marchesarosa]

Another speech from Matt Ridley, the rational optimist on

why the cure for climate change may be worse than the disease

audioboo.fm/boos/679624-matt-ridley-on-why-the-cure-for-climate-change-may-be-worse-than-the-disease?playlist_direction=reversed