Is @HumanProgress Steven Pinker's personal propaganda agency? It's one of the few accounts I preemptively blocked.
Pure scientism. Worse than TED talks.
This is also why I could never follow @jordanbpeterson even if I like his lectures.
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link me to the best thing to read on this plz?
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Not sure what you mean. This is just my opinion from all my life experiences and philosophical readings. I'd recommend you books that influenced my thoughts on the topic of progress, but they'd have little to do with the people mentioned above.
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I mean can you point me to a cogent rebuttal to pinkerian everything-is-getting-better-ism? Thanks for the book recommendations
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@Pseudoplotinus@maldngflgh@0x49fa98 or@martyrmade might have something.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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See talebs extensive statistical argument against Pinkers war theories. Would also argue we are technologically stagnating outside IT.
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I’m not sure if we can return to nature without apocalypse but in some senses I agree...
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