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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Enlightenment Now The Case for Reason Science Humanism and Progress
Author: Steven Pinker
If you follow the news, the 21st century doesn't seem to be going so well. From 9/11 to the Great Recession, the Syrian civil war, the Ebola epidemic, growing inequality, racial unrest and bitterly contested elections, the world seems to be sinking into chaos and hatred. Moralizing commentators tell us that the decline of religious belief and cl...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780241337011
ISBN-10: 0241337011
Publication Date: 2/12/2018
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Publisher: Allen Lane
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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This book is crammed full of statistics that did not move the needle at all with me, because the author relentlessly downplays negative signs that life is getting worse on our planet in terms of environment (record floods, storms, droughts, etc.), democracy, health, human rights, mutual respect, the economy and more. The book was published in 2017 or 2018 and thus has what now seems like an unreasonably sunny outlook on the present and future. I distinctly do not recommend the book.