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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 14 Oct 2015

    Newest Nobel laureate Angus Deaton: "Life is better now than at almost any time in history."http://nyti.ms/1NBlvSL 

    6:51 AM - 14 Oct 2015
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      1. Steven Paul Leiva‏ @StevenPaulLeiva 14 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker Thanks for sharing - & thanks for The Better Angels of our Nature!

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      1. Confusion is King‏ @collectivlunacy 31 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker That idea also becomes irrelevant to those who have or will experience #democide (directly & indirectly) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democide 

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      1. Confusion is King‏ @collectivlunacy 31 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker Nice, but how might this subtly produce complacency & prevent more awareness & energy being directed towards oppressive forces?

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      1. LuisMENDOZA-CALDERON‏ @luismendoza_c 21 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker It's good if life is better for at least half of the population. Untruth. We are too much people in this World, cause of poverty

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      1. Chris Heinz‏ @ChrisJHeinz 15 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker Almost??? “When exactly was life better than now?” may be my fav question for non-#progressives. ???

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      1. sdp‏ @senordepinondo 14 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker almost? How can a scientific mind think like that?

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      1. Adam‏ @saloonite 14 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker made me look for his book, will buy it soon, pre Nobel I would never have heard of him

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      1. zumanon‏ @zumanon 14 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker As you are always pushing this point of view I wonder if you have a heavy investment in futures?

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      1. Phil Lucsok‏ @ph_lux 14 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker "Life" as defined by those who are living now.

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      1. faktoids with a k‏ @faktoids 14 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker Not that it's an actual Nobel prize...

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      2. Hristio Boytchev‏ @hristio 14 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker @kakape Sure, for him it is.

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      3. TGGeko‏ @TGGEKO 14 Oct 2015
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        @hristio @sapinker @kakape And you, and practically everyone else.

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      1. AlexFocus‏ @AlexFocus1 14 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker ...and they should start thinking about the future and how we are going to slow down climate change. I love your books :)

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      1. AlexFocus‏ @AlexFocus1 14 Oct 2015
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        @sapinker It's about time people stopped winging about that figment: "the good ol' days" they weren't that good.

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