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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Sep 7

    Ignore the headlines - the world is getting better (CNN video feature by Louis Beme). https://youtu.be/VHwKyJOlZxU  via @YouTube

    6:25 PM - 7 Sep 2018
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    31 replies 88 retweets 282 likes
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      2. Samuel Clemens‏ @HypocritusMuch Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        Could you direct me to an optometrist that sells rose-tinted glasses? Also, peripheral blinders would be a nice accessory.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. SageThinker‏ @SageThinker99 Sep 14
        Replying to @HypocritusMuch @sapinker @YouTube

        Yes, it's looking so drab here, i need some glasses that make everything look a bit Pinker.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Joseph Davis‏ @batcountry101 Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        The world generally getting better does shit all for people truly suffering, but does everything to make those living in comfort feel better

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. LeoGuy‏ @LeoGuy501 Sep 7
        Replying to @batcountry101 @sapinker @YouTube

        You must be fun at parties.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Vivek Pravat‏ @VPravat Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        It may be getting better in terms of standard of living and life expectancy, but at the cost of increasing environmental degradation and global warming. Civilizations collapse when they run out of resources, no matter how shiny they look

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Irish Swede‏ @swede_irish Sep 7
        Replying to @VPravat @sapinker @YouTube

        I knew we should have stuck ourselves@in the dark ages and still have dysentery and cholera outbreaks!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Vivek Pravat‏ @VPravat Sep 7
        Replying to @swede_irish @sapinker @YouTube

        I never said that. What I object to is the blanket statement that the world is getting better. Long term, the higher living standards come at a cost, and right now, our consumption far outstrips natures capacity to replenish itself.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. George Balella‏ @muirgeo Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        The world may be approaching a tipping point that your data does not see AND we can do much much better. Complacency is the enemy when so many still suffer.

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      2. Jimmy Parks‏ @fakejimmy Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        Counterpoint: have you seen comment sections?

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      1. Drew O'Meara‏ @nohumorallowed Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        Listening to Enlightenment Now today and enjoyed where you repeat the 300m figure on erraticating smallpox twice in a row to make the point. I started to quote it, but alas the Twitter gods doth reject ideas greater than 280 characters. Our newest self-imposed nightmare?

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      1. Adrian Lopez‏ @PaladinZilch Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker

        Yes, by all means ignore the headlines.pic.twitter.com/4eb9cdhSsz

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      2. Dyno Mightyone‏ @DinomightTNT Sep 7
        Replying to @sapinker @YouTube

        To be honest, it means little to those who are suffering from poverty and violence.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Irish Swede‏ @swede_irish Sep 7
        Replying to @DinomightTNT @sapinker @YouTube

        It means a lot that the amount of people suffering from those is way down and continually trending down. Why does everything have to be a fucking competition? Why can’t we celebrate anything good?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Dyno Mightyone‏ @DinomightTNT Sep 8
        Replying to @swede_irish @sapinker @YouTube

        What competition? Is this a way of ignoring the everyday living conditions of millions of people across the third world? Those people do not get to “celebrate” much because they are busy trying to survive.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Dyno Mightyone‏ @DinomightTNT Sep 8
        Replying to @DinomightTNT @swede_irish and

        And that other more fortunate people are doing good does little for them. Third world countries have significant numbers of people living in relative and absolute poverty. In my Mexico, endemic violence only compounds the situation.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Irish Swede‏ @swede_irish Sep 8
        Replying to @DinomightTNT @sapinker @YouTube

        And there are much less of those people that have to deal with that. Let’s celebrate that instead of being a douche bag and always being a downer.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Dyno Mightyone‏ @DinomightTNT Sep 8
        Replying to @swede_irish @sapinker @YouTube

        This is your feel good moment, right? A way to conveniently ignore third world realities for flesh and blood people through abstract numbers. There are still people living in horrific conditions and violence. Less? Take a trip to Mexico and Central America.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Dyno Mightyone‏ @DinomightTNT Sep 8
        Replying to @DinomightTNT @swede_irish and

        That someone can move from less than $2.00 a day to less than $10 under inflation only helps so much. That is part of your “less” and dare you to live under either. Only difference would be you know you can escape and others might not ever

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