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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 5 Jan 2017

    Are We Becoming More Moral Faster Than We're Becoming More Dangerous? (I will reply in next book, 2018). https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/01/are_we_becoming.html …

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      1. Clearly NOT a Shub-Niggurath Cult‏ @TakenMadeUpName 16 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Capacity"to do evil"nullified by #selfinterest @sapinker #humanism #NAP #Compersion 🆚 a fearful Luddite who wrote this amateur opinion piecepic.twitter.com/di3FLI6Udt

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      1. dmichaelis david‏ @DmichaelisD 5 Jan 2017
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        our moral imagination cannot match our tech exponential dev. Since 6 August 1945 we are in a race - tech wins and we adjust just

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      1. Bernie Nunn‏ @BernieNunn1 5 Jan 2017
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        at least 1/2 USA embraced a lying mysoganistic cheater and think God says own a tool that kills from a distance (guns folks) Hmmm.

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      1. Thewaywardarena‏ @Thewaywardarena 5 Jan 2017
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        It will be hard to define the dangers ahead. We can't even understand them now. But moral awareness is up agree...

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      1. Amanda Parr‏ @Zaphod62 5 Jan 2017
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        ... or do you think individual morality precedes and may even supplant socioeconomic influences

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      1. Amanda Parr‏ @Zaphod62 5 Jan 2017
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        Do you believe economic institutions favour the development of ethical norms owing to the social arrangements demanded? Or...

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      1. Bill Buliziuk‏ @WilliamBuliziuk 5 Jan 2017
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        I'll be interested in seeing how 'morality' is teased out in this book. Seems it's undergone a transformation of late. Cheers.

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      1. Mitch‏ @nwmitch 5 Jan 2017
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        can't wait for the new book

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      1. Gary Swergold‏ @gs314 5 Jan 2017
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        changes inhumans now driven way faster new culture than genetics (tho both actually linked).

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      1. Gary Swergold‏ @gs314 5 Jan 2017
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        excellent question. Can I get an early look at your book? Contribute?

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      1. Joe&Sandy‏ @NightTalkers 5 Jan 2017
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        Is 2018 the title, or the completion date? We might not make it to 2018, so you might want to write a wee bit faster. 😉

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      1. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 5 Jan 2017
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        You are such a data tease.

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      1. Nine-Banded Books‏ @NineBandedBooks 5 Jan 2017
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        I thought I read somewhere that you were writing a book about epigenetics. Did I imagine that?

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      1. Ed Rhea, Jr‏ @EdRheaJr1 5 Jan 2017
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        because of this election and the Demos I would say we're becoming more dangerous. We r so divided it is sickening

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      1. joseph graves‏ @josephjgraves 5 Jan 2017
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        oh awesome! Hopefully I'll have finished Better Angels by then. Hopefully.

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      1. Joe Millis يوسف ميليس ג'ו מיליס‏ @joemillis1959 5 Jan 2017
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        #QTWTAIN

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      2. John Phillips‏ @de_facto_JP 5 Jan 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        If you can punch someone in the face before you complete the book, is the answer no? i ask strictly in the interests of science...

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      3. John Phillips‏ @de_facto_JP 5 Jan 2017
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        And look forward to the book if not the Pinker jab.

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