@sapinker @JohnPowersUS For a sharp critique of Prof Pinker's views on this question:http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/features/john-gray-steven-pinker-violence-review …
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@davidrieff I'll take a look. I've read some; I think@sapinker is an excellent corrective against the prevailing doom and doom. -
@JohnPowersUS@sapinker I'd not say prevailing. Look at@gatesfoundation@WorldBank etc But I agree optimism v pessimism's the central ? -
@davidrieff I nearly wrote "default" - seems the smarter someone thinks they are, the more pessimistic they feel they need to be.@sapinker -
@JohnPowersUS@sapinker Not to mention that it's these people & others similarly minded who are setting the global development agenda -
@davidrieff Sorry, I have my own reservations about@sapinker - but they’re not Gray’s all too common brand of anti-humanist pessimism. -
@JohnPowersUS@sapinker We'll have to agree to disagree about Gray, whose work I admire intensely.
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@sapinker the quieter it gets, the yellowish journalism will get.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I'd like to read your take on institutional violence. Any specific passages or articles? Or papers? ThanksThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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