Since we have lits of nukes and can end it all today- whe shoukd pt humanity on the back to much that we haven’t YET pulled the trigger. I’m a combat vet btw
Pinker's Enlightenment Now strikes a chord at the NY Times. Who knows? Perhaps they'll even put it on their bestseller list :) https://nyti.ms/2FLm7os @sapinker
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It's #4 but it should have an asterisk next to it.https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/970022712465936385?s=21 …
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Well, let's face it...you're just more "disagreeable" than he is But don't go changing that - as if
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Pinker talks bull on the subject of inequality. There are video's around in which you explicitly and rightly argue that extreme inequality leads to all kinds of mayhem. Pinker doesn't even bother with it and hence pays society a disservice.
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“Nietzsche helped inspire the romantic militarism that led to the First World War and the Fascism that led to the second... The links to Bolshevism and Stalinism are less well known but amply documented.” ( Pinker “Enlightenment Now” p 445)
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“The connections between Nietzsche’s ideas and the megadeath movements of the twentieth century are obvious enough: a glorification of violence and power, an eagerness to raze institutions of liberal democracy, a contempt for most of humanity, and a Enlightenment humanism...
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Excuse my ignorance re Pinker recently,though am aware he's being attacked by usual suspects.Thing is his name rang a bell.Then I recalled article I read 6/7 rs ago when he was saying same things.Except then he was framed as antidote to "right wing" fear mongers. We've done a 180
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But that'd mean anyone having values previously associated with traditional virtue - like personal responsibility, independence, optimism, hard work, overcoming odds instead of perpetual victimhood - being Conservative and vilifiable. WAIT, that's Prof. Peterson faced. :/
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I'm less than impressed with his trite dismissal of Christianity, which has a rich heritage of robust intellectualism. He recycles Humean talking points that were handily refuted in his own day by the likes of George Campbell.
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