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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 2 Mar 2016

    The hard times Americans often forgethttp://wapo.st/1TORDos?tid=ss_tw-bottom …

    6:27 PM - 2 Mar 2016
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      1.  👻 🎃BOO!art Hayashi 🌎 💱‏ @legendre007 2 Mar 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

         👻 🎃BOO!art Hayashi 🌎 💱 Retweeted Steven Pinker

        "The good old days☺--they were terrible!😳" --Otto Bettmann @chellivia @PessimistsArc @isaboemeke @sapinker @Vandamirhttps://twitter.com/sapinker/status/705218012115300352 …

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        Steven PinkerVerified account @sapinker
        The hard times Americans often forget http://wapo.st/1TORDos?tid=ss_tw-bottom …
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      1. Communo-Stalinist‏ @ZombieDiamond 2 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that we have an army of 10 year old slaves in the 3rd world doing half our labor.

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      1. Professor Hagen‏ @ProfessorHagen 2 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @washingtonpost Point well taken. But if the standard is that we are now better off than Cro-Magnon, it's time for introspection.

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      1. Tony Duncan‏ @tonydunc 2 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker but improvements in the last 30 years economically are much less in the US

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      1. Davis McConnico‏ @DavisMcConnico 2 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker not better than cro-mag Prof Hagen, better than 1915. That's all. Getting better. Room to improve. But let's keep perspective.

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      1. LeoOD3‏ @LeoOD3 2 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @washingtonpost All 3 factors absent / opposite now, a combination making absorption much harder if not impossible.

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      2. LeoOD3‏ @LeoOD3 2 Mar 2016
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        @sapinker @washingtonpost Yes we absorbed 1915 immigrants, but their being European, told to assimilate, & influx halted in 1924 all crucial

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      3. Väinö Leppänen‏ @denarced 2 Mar 2016
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        @LeoOD3 @sapinker @washingtonpost I'd like to know more about the part where they were told to assimilate. It was that organized?

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      4. LeoOD3‏ @LeoOD3 3 Mar 2016
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        @denarced @sapinker @washingtonpost Public schools, charities, overall culture etc then confident, unapologetic. Inculcated our ways.

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