tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post8834587732287410966..comments2024-03-21T12:52:08.166+11:00Comments on Freedom and Flourishing: Can progress be attributed to exchange and specialization?Winton Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-3180348278868036142010-10-30T14:32:08.469+11:002010-10-30T14:32:08.469+11:00I think that is a good point, Jan.
Liberty has to...I think that is a good point, Jan.<br /><br />Liberty has to some extent been hard won as a result of risks taken by scientists and innovators in challenging powerful interests. <br /><br />Unfortunately, Matt Ridley doesn't have much to say about this. Tim Ferris has a good discussion of links between the history of evolution of liberty and science in "The Science of Liberty', discussed briefly <a href="http://wintonbates.blogspot.com/2010/03/is-democracy-akin-to-process-of.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> .Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1089082204850170942.post-66068230363362863382010-10-30T11:39:45.676+11:002010-10-30T11:39:45.676+11:00I agree that liberty is the key to innovation. So ...I agree that liberty is the key to innovation. So is the necessity to innovate derived from having this liberty to find new things to be needed for innovation.<br /><br />Reminds me of the age-old question "which comes first?"<br />The chicken or the egg?Janhttp://creditdebtconsolidationideas.comnoreply@blogger.com