I grew up reading Steven Pinker with admiration. I’m sorry to say that he has made a strange turn in recent years that’s hard to explain, and now has just about discredited himself. A 10-bomb assassination attempt involving two former presidents is a “minor event.” Maybe to him.https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/1055352375899238400 …
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I know many people who’ve known and admired Steven who are privately alarmed and fearful for him. But for a Harvard psychologist who teaches young minds to try to explain to millions of people that being afraid of terrorist attacks is getting conned is just disgraceful.
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Being shitty to others in that way is a good way to get onstage at TED, etc. if you're a white guy, because they let you package it as "contrarian". They're less amenable to the reverse.
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@__andrew_m re#Google execs impunity & the warped perceptions. The sense of#entitlement of the wealthy, white male has done incredible damage to the country, and it is in that sense the word should be used.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It’s a trend, no? Whether the worries are about police brutality against Black Americans, sexual harassment & assault, white supremacy & neither-Nazis, we are silenced or told there are bad people on both sides, or they try to sell ludicrous justifications & false equivalences.
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