Episode 44, The Steven Pinker Interview
August 19, 2018
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Episode 44, The Steven Pinker Interview
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Episode 44, The Steven Pinker Interview
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<p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1533130642710_813">As Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, Steven Pinker's list of accomplishments is incredible; he has been named Humanist of the Year, <em>a top</em> "100 Global Thinker" by <em>Foreign Policy and</em> included in <em>Time</em> magazine's "100 Most Influential People in the World Today."</p> <p>Steven has also been awarded eight honorary doctorates and his research on language, vision and social relations has won prizes from the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science.</p> <p>Needless to say, that Steven's work has been deeply influential. Amongst his most well-read works, Steven in the author of, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Language-Instinct-How-Mind-Creates/dp/014198077X/ref=pd_sim_14_14?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=014198077X&pd_rd_r=39a1150d-958f-11e8-b1fc-e5e99f0fb9b6&pd_rd_w=1m7lQ&pd_rd_wg=xTWh6&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=3274180622111699416&pf_rd_r=FNAPP7HT1M9MQD7SH35M&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=FNAPP7HT1M9MQD7SH35M" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Language Instinct</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mind-Works-Penguin-Press-Science/dp/0140244913/ref=pd_sim_14_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0140244913&pd_rd_r=39a1150d-958f-11e8-b1fc-e5e99f0fb9b6&pd_rd_w=1m7lQ&pd_rd_wg=xTWh6&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=3274180622111699416&pf_rd_r=FNAPP7HT1M9MQD7SH35M&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=FNAPP7HT1M9MQD7SH35M" rel="noopener" target="_blank">How The Mind Works</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Words-Rules-Ingredients-Language-Science/dp/0465072704" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Words and Rules</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blank-Slate-Modern-Penguin-Science/dp/014027605X/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=014027605X&pd_rd_r=39a1150d-958f-11e8-b1fc-e5e99f0fb9b6&pd_rd_w=GGtm8&pd_rd_wg=xTWh6&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=3332058357179395958&pf_rd_r=FNAPP7HT1M9MQD7SH35M&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=FNAPP7HT1M9MQD7SH35M" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Blank Slate</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stuff-Thought-Language-Window-Nature/dp/0141015470/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=JR01BY4ASXFA2T25KZV8" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Stuff of Thought</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0141034645/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=0N7NV32HHW6BXHTH6QAN" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Better Angels of Our Nature</a>, </em>and most recently, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Enlightenment-Now-Science-Humanism-Progress/dp/0525427570" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Enlightenment Now</a>.</em></p>