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Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker
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English - May 09, 2020 17:41 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBSelf-Improvement Education Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
* Is humanity really heading towards an abyss?
* Or have we forgotten how to acknowledge progress?
* Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker argues that statistically people are happier, wealthier and healthier than ever before
* Our progress over the past 300 years is due to the ideals set out by Enlightenment thinkers in the 18th century: science, reason and humanism
HEAR THE FULL INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE HERE:
"Steven Pinker | The Case For Reason, Science, Humanism, And Progress | OFFinNY"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz_fh...
"Steven Pinker Discusses 'Enlightenment Now'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xzqn...
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Full Title: Enlightenment Now
Year of Publication: 2018
Book Author: Steven Pinker