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    Non-Fiction2010

    The Rational Optimist

    by Matt Ridley

    An argument that through exchange and specialization, human prosperity has always increased and will continue to do so.

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    Naval Ravikant
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    "Naval's core evidence for why the future is better than people think."

    "The most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years."

    — Naval Ravikant,
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