* 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