798 - COVID, Innovation, and Optimism with Matt Ridley

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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In Episode 796, we had Alina Chan on to talk about The Origin of Covid-19, and the new book that she co-authored, Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19. And in this episode, we have the other co-author of the book, Matt Ridley on to talk more about the purpose, and journey of writing the book. Should we still be optimistic about the pandemic, and will anything good come out of it? Also, why is it so hard for anyone to look for the origin of the virus?My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:12.8	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.9	Matt Ridley is one of the smartest people on the planet.
0:18.8	I don't know if he would like me saying that, but his books have literally changed the
0:23.6	way I think about history and events and politics and economics and people in general.
0:31.5	So the rational optimist shows how you can be an optimist rationally based on increasing
0:39.4	innovation on the planet and how it solves different problems through not only the past
0:44.3	recent years but the past recent centuries.
0:47.8	Evolution of everything shows how every industry evolves and that influence a lot of my thoughts
0:52.2	about money for instance in crypto.
0:54.7	How innovation works influenced me about creativity and all of these books talk about
1:00.0	what I have labeled idea sex, the idea of how innovation often happens when you combine
1:05.5	two disparate ideas into one.
1:09.3	And his most recent book is Viral and it's the search for the origin of COVID-19, the
1:14.9	co-rotor with Alina Chen.
1:16.8	We speak about COVID innovation, what's going on in the world.
1:20.8	I'm always so excited to talk to Matt and always feel so invigorated afterwards.
1:25.5	Here it is.
1:26.5	Matt, where is everybody?
1:34.1	There's no employees anymore.
1:35.4	I know, isn't that weird?
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