His ideas about population and prosperity perfectly reflect the ideas of Julius Simon and Ester Boserup, except they weren't nearly as biologically-centered as Ridley is. EDIT: I'm still in the middle of watching it, and I noticed that his ideas about trade and specialization are similar to the ideas of Emile Durkheim. EDIT: This is absolutely classic "[ants have] a reproductive division of labor. That is to say, they specialize with respect to reproduction- the queen does it all. In our species, we don't like doing that. Its the one thing we insist on doing for ourselves. *audience laughs*" In the comments section:
No prob. I though it was great, he made me think. When I was done watching it I was still thinking about it.
You and MC are quite a pair. You both tell us all "good-bye, I'm away on vacation to some exotic location..." and then you just keep on posting. We might need to start a degreeinfo 12 step program.
