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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 30 Oct 2016

    Barack Obama: Now Is the Greatest Time to Be Alive. Intro to the currrent issue of Wired he guest-edited. https://www.wired.com/2016/10/president-obama-guest-edits-wired-essay/ … via @WIRED

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      2. Synthetic‏ @SR71999 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WIRED

        '96 was better: - no threat of nuclear war w/ Russia - less threat of terrorism - less MRSA & the like - much better music

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      3. Joel Fish‏ @joelwatsonfish 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @SR71999 @sapinker @WIRED

        \begin{nostalgia}It seemed like a much simpler time....

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      4. Synthetic‏ @SR71999 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @joelwatsonfish @sapinker @WIRED

        you got that right

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      2. Nicholas Kadar‏ @N_kadar 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WIRED

        These meaningless grandiloquent generalization usually end badly...like, 'peace in our time' or 'mission accomplished'?

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      3. theduffman‏ @theduffman4 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @N_kadar @sapinker @WIRED

        That was awfully overwrought to end up with a grammatical error.

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      1. No Libertarian War on Christmas Chain‏ @Timberati 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WIRED

        too bad he misses the reason for the progress: rule of law, property rights, & free mkts.http://reason.com/blog/2016/10/27/president-obama-praises-progress-but-doe …

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      1. Biotech Investor‏ @Biotchinvestor 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WIRED

        If your a Syrian immigrant. Ask a Scottish decedent living in West Virginia how great it is.

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      1. Arun J‏ @arunkj78 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        same shud apply to your job. Did you do a better job than the past presidents who governed during tougher times? Don't think so.

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      1. Huahai Yang‏ @huahaiy 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WIRED

        Indeed, to witness the greatest crime organization in history being taken down before our eyes.

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      1. Graham Davis‏ @AgendaForReform 30 Oct 2016
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        @aliamjadrizvi @WIRED Now is always the greatest time to be alive - consider the alternative

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      1. Tony Hopkinson‏ @TonyJHopkinson 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @aliamjadrizvi @WIRED

        Gah, a deepity.

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      1. Identity Politics for All‏ @JayMillerCA 30 Oct 2016
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        White male wages have been flat for 40 years. Steven Pinker and #Obama calls that progress! #science #TrumpTrain #TrumpPence16

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      1. Naomi Langford-Wood‏ @NaomiLWood 30 Oct 2016
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        @steve4good @WIRED This edition of WIRED is brilliant. Sub on my iPad Pro

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      1. Dev Saxena‏ @R_belllcurve 30 Oct 2016
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        sure. To be a spectator to the greatest drama , beating Shakespeare's.

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      1. RF Wells‏ @BrokeDickSamich 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WIRED

        Especially in S. Chicago with the help of the POTUS.

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      1. steve forst‏ @forst_steve 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WIRED

        yes but....with our dependence on technology, things could go bad really fast.

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      1. Alain Kahn‏ @alainkahn 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @alexiskold @WIRED

        really ???!!!

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      1. Russian Bot #591327‏ @VeryAdvancedBot 30 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @WIRED

        Yeah. When the media has devolved into nothing but mouthpieces. It's the greatest time to be alive - For politicians.

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