Not this week.
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Overall i think it's getting better but I think it could be much better if there was more compassionate and sincere governments. That also value scientific facts.
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A fair portion of the population (often well educated) skews to"we are doomed"apocalyptic thinking.I just don't get it.
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Maybe for many humans. Not for animals
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Ever seen a carnivore take down its prey? At least we kill them BEFORE we start eating them.
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Yes. I work work at wildlife rescues with birds of prey. Moat prey are killed quickly. Ever seen a factory farm or a Tyson chicken plant or an Asiatic black bear in a crush cage for 20 years for bile extraction?
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Even if I grant you that birds of prey are at least capable of killing their prey quickly, "most" of the time, the food chain doesn't begin and end with them. Are you suggesting that your examples are the rule rather than the exception? That wild animals show more mercy?
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I’m not sure mercy is the right term. However other predators including other apex predators do not tend to kill indiscriminately. Humans can be uniquely cruel. Factory farming I’m not an exception. It’s the rule. Billions of animals live in conditions of terrible suffering
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Not wrt a strong Democracy it's not.
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You Go, Prof Pinker!
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Steven Pinker doesn't follow the news as closely as he should.
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We've got ourselves a 21st century Pangloss.
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Populism isn't necessarily a negative. It's usually just a response to overreaching for power and privilege by the elites.
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Admire your work, keep it up.
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It's what I appreciate about you Steven. This world is amazing and we can all afford to treat it with respect and responsibility.
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Good stuff
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I just finished this brilliantly enlightening book. A comprehensive and open-minded examination of the current state of humans and our place in it and in history. It’s all to play for.https://stevenpinker.com/publications/enlightenment-now-case-reason-science-humanism-and-progress …
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remember positivism at the beginning of XX century? Then two world war and more...good luck!
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You well described it in the book of Enlightenment. Worth reading it. Thanks
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