The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge

by Matt Ridley

they are the result of human action, but not of human design.

markets, language, customs – are man-made things. But none of them is designed by a human being. They all emerged unplanned.

‘The safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.’

are less materialistic, less violent, less superficial than poor and rural people’ (emphasis in original).

Urban people less violent? What about antifa? Middle to upper class intolerant activists? Courtesy and niceness and etiquette are being dismissed as ‘social constructs’, and garish crudeness is being celebrated instead.