Enlightenment Now
Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data. In seventy-five graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West, but worldwide. This progress is not the result of some cosmic force. It is a gift of the Enlightenment: the convi
ISBN: 9780525529798
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Richard Dawkins
Science & Research"A truly brilliant book, elegantly written, sparkling with wit, driving nails hard home on every page."
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Yuval Noah Harari
Academia"It is the most optimistic book I’ve read in a long time."
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A.J. Jacobs
Media & Journalism"We should be thrilled to be alive now."
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David Deutsch
Science & Research"There are a few philosophical errors and poor arguments in [this] otherwise excellent book."
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David Friedberg
Business & Entrepreneurship"A great book."
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Jordan Peterson
Philosophy & Religion"Recommended on Jordan Peterson's website."
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Sam Harris
Philosophy & Religion"Sam Harris picked this as the first book in his Book Club."
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Michael Mauboussin
Finance & Investing"[One of the] books that helped me think better in 2018."
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