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Selamlar Matt Ridley,
Sanırım türü anlamak için seçtiğin yöntemle diğerlerinden ayrıldın, sosyal bilimcilere kaydın. Evrimden çıkıp, çıktığın bu yolda ne güzel bilenerek (Bknz: Matt Ridley’in Bilendikleri) ekonomiye bağlamışsın. Abi kömür madenciliğinden kar etmiş bir neslin soyundan gelen Matt Ridley’in canını sıkmışsınız felaket tellalığınızla, adamı her bölümünde “hallederiz abi yea” dedirten bir kitap yazmaya zorlamışsınız. İnsanoğlunun sonu gelmiyor ya, az sakin olun.
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Provocative and well-written book that is ultimately incomplete and not very convincing. The author offers a somewhat detailed overview of history from the beginning of the human species to now, and then basically just extrapolates historical progress by saying developments in technology, living standards, etc. will continue to improve. Which is probably going to be the case, but little is actually written on forecasting the details of the future or describing a philosophical foundation on why t
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