![]() ![]() Pinker provides copious amounts of data to support his thesis that progress has been made in every facet of humanity. While he paints a rose-colored picture of humanity right now, he also explains the media biases that cause most people to feel much worse about human progress than they ought to feel.Ĭontrary to the doom and gloom vision that your Twitter feed might like you to subscribe to (after all, a negative headline or critical review always gets more likes/retweets than a positive one), human life is actually getting better. Through the lens of Pinker’s optimistic philosophy, Enlightenment Now expands on his seminal book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and creates a cohesive overview of the liberal Enlightenment values that are currently under attack from both extremes of the political spectrum. ![]() It’s a sort of balm from the recent surge in authoritarian populism and the general hopelessness that stems from it. In an age of increasingly pessimistic and bleak world views, Steven Pinker’s new book, Enlightenment Now, couldn’t come at a better time. Robert Rosenkranz’s Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker ![]()
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