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The Evolution of Everything
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Ridley's case that evolution—blind, bottom-up, emergent—explains far more of human history than any top-down design: morality, money, language, technology, religion. It aligns tightly with Naval's conviction that decentralized emergence beats central planning in everything from markets to culture.
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Naval recommends it as Ridley's most directly relevant book for understanding why decentralized emergence beats top-down design—a theme central to Naval's own thinking on markets and startups.
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