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Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex

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    Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems -- and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk from TEDGlobal 2011, he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes.

    Jul 15 2011

    www.ted.com
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