Steven Pinker Enlightenment Now The Case for Reason Science Humanism and Progress Penguin 2018

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Pinker, Steven

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Steven Pinker Enlightenment Now The Case for Reason Science Humanism and Progress Penguin 2018

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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. Far From Being A Naïve Hope, The Enlightenment, We Now Know, Has Worked. But More Than Ever, It Needs A Vigorous Defense. The Enlightenment Project Swims Against Currents Of Human Nature--tribalism, Authoritarianism, Demonization, Magical Thinking--which Demagogues Are All Too Willing To Exploit. Many Commentators, Committed To Political, Religious, Or Romantic Ideologies, Fight A Rearguard Action Against It. The Result Is A Corrosive Fatalism And A Willingness To Wreck The Precious Institutions Of Liberal Democracy And Global Cooperation. 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 Conviction That Reason And Science Can Enhance Human Flourishing. Far From Being A Naïve Hope, The Enlightenment, We Now Know, Has Worked. But More Than Ever, It Needs A Vigorous Defense. The Enlightenment Project Swims Against Currents Of Human Nature -- Tribalism, Authoritarianism, Demonization, Magical Thinking -- Which Demagogues Are All Too Willing To Exploit. Many Commentators, Committed To Political, Religious, Or Romantic Ideologies, Fight A Rearguard Action Against It. The Result Is A Corrosive Fatalism And A Willingness To Wreck The Precious Institutions Of Liberal Democracy And Global Cooperation. Pinker Makes The Case For Reason, Science, And Humanism: The Ideals We Need To Confront Our Problems And Continue Our Progress. Part I: Enlightenment. Dare To Understand! -- Entro, Evo, Info -- Counter-enlightenments -- Part Ii: Progress. Progressophobia -- Life -- Health -- Sustenance -- Wealth -- Inequality -- The Environment -- Peace -- Safety -- Terrorism -- Democracy -- Equal Rights -- Knowledge -- Quality Of Life -- Happiness -- Existential Threats -- The Future Of Progress -- Part Iii: Reason, Science, And Humanism. Reason -- Science -- Humanism. Steven Pinker. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 455-524) And Index.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR
"My new favorite book of all time." —Bill Gates
If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: 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. By the author of the new book, Rationality .
Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual 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 jaw-dropping 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 conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing.
Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature—tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking—which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation.
With intellectual depth and literary flair, Enlightenment Now makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress.

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 progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual 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 jaw-dropping 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 conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing. Far from being a na?ve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature?tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking?which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation. With intellectual depth and literary flair, Enlightenment Now makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress

"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 conviction that reason and science can enhance human flourishing. Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against currents of human nature -- tribalism, authoritarianism, demonization, magical thinking -- which demagogues are all too willing to exploit. Many commentators, committed to political, religious, or romantic ideologies, fight a rearguard action against it. The result is a corrosive fatalism and a willingness to wreck the precious institutions of liberal democracy and global cooperation. Pinker makes the case for reason, science, and humanism: the ideals we need to confront our problems and continue our progress."--Dust jacket

ALSO BY STEVEN PINKER......Page 2
TITLE PAGE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
DEDICATION......Page 5
EPIGRAPH......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
LIST OF FIGURES......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 12
PART I: ENLIGHTENMENT......Page 15
CHAPTER 1: DARE TO UNDERSTAND!......Page 20
CHAPTER 2: ENTRO, EVO, INFO......Page 29
CHAPTER 3: COUNTER-ENLIGHTENMENTS......Page 46
PART II: PROGRESS......Page 54
CHAPTER 4: PROGRESSOPHOBIA......Page 55
CHAPTER 5: LIFE......Page 72
CHAPTER 6: HEALTH......Page 84
CHAPTER 7: SUSTENANCE......Page 91
CHAPTER 8: WEALTH......Page 105
CHAPTER 9: INEQUALITY......Page 127
CHAPTER 10: THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 156
CHAPTER 11: PEACE......Page 197
CHAPTER 12: SAFETY......Page 210
CHAPTER 13: TERRORISM......Page 239
CHAPTER 14: DEMOCRACY......Page 249
CHAPTER 15: EQUAL RIGHTS......Page 267
CHAPTER 16: KNOWLEDGE......Page 291
CHAPTER 17: QUALITY OF LIFE......Page 308
CHAPTER 18: HAPPINESS......Page 326
CHAPTER 19: EXISTENTIAL THREATS......Page 359
CHAPTER 20: THE FUTURE OF PROGRESS......Page 396
PART III: REASON, SCIENCE, AND HUMANISM......Page 424
CHAPTER 21: REASON......Page 427
CHAPTER 22: SCIENCE......Page 467
CHAPTER 23: HUMANISM......Page 497
NOTES......Page 549
REFERENCES......Page 605
INDEX......Page 654

An assessment of the human condition in the twenty-first century presents data demonstrating that life quality, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise throughout the world because of the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science

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