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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
The follow-up to Pinker's groundbreaking The Better Angels of Our Nature presents the big picture of human progress: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. — Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of pr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780525427575
ISBN-10: 0525427570
Publication Date: 2/27/2018
Pages: 576
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3.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Viking
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 35
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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.


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