Steven Pinker
The author of ‘Enlightenment Now’ thinks the world is getting better—but we refuse to acknowledge it.
February 16, 2018
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February 16, 2018
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<p>Steven Pinker is the author of the new book <em>Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress</em>. He sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss why he thinks life is improving despite the worldwide rise of demagogues, what Trump tells us about America’s relationship to Enlightenment ideals, and whether global warming and nuclear weapons should call into question our notion of progress.</p><p>Email: <a>ask@slate.com</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/IHaveToAskPod">@IHaveToAskPod</a> </p><p>Podcast production by Max Jacobs.</p><p> </p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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