person
Matt Ridley
British science writer; 'How Innovation Works'
Science writer and former member of the House of Lords; author of 'The Rational Optimist' (2010) and 'How Innovation Works' (2020). Vocal techno-optimist on AI.
current Author / Speaker, Independent
Strategy positions
Techno-optimismendorses
Technology and markets solve risks faster than regulation creates themArgues innovation is a recombinant, decentralised process and that attempts to centrally manage AI development will misjudge how progress actually happens.
Innovation is the child of freedom and the parent of prosperity. The pattern that produced industrialisation, electrification, and the internet is the same pattern that will produce useful AI, if we don't strangle it.
Closest strategy neighbours
by jaccard overlapOther people whose strategy tags overlap with Matt Ridley's. Overlap is on tag identity, not stance; opposites can show up if they reference the same tags.
Record last updated 2026-04-25.