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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jan 9

    The 99 best things that happened in 2017 https://qz.com/1169003  via @qz

    4:29 PM - 9 Jan 2018
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    10 replies 72 retweets 150 likes
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      2. shyduroff‏ @shyduroff Jan 9
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        ... yeah ... i stopped reading you ... good bye ...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. John Nihil‏ @Nihil7781 Jan 9
        Replying to @shyduroff @sapinker @qz

        Did you read this before you stopped? Easily one of the greatest and most important books ever written.pic.twitter.com/L5BGSORZDY

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Michael L‏ @michaelgavinlea Jan 17
        Replying to @Nihil7781 @shyduroff and

        This book is terrible. It undervalues suffering and death by comparing such figures to the size of the exploding world population, claiming that percentages are more important than absolute numbers. John N Gray is the best antidote to this Pollyanna rubbish.

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      5. Corrosive consciousness‏ @caracoesque31 Jan 31
        Replying to @michaelgavinlea @Nihil7781 and

        Along with Michel houllebecq and Fredric schiefter the only (popular) living antinatalists.

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      6. John Nihil‏ @Nihil7781 Jan 31
        Replying to @caracoesque31 @michaelgavinlea and

        The only human suffering I really see anymore is either caused by religious oppression and various diseases. We're finding cures for a few of the latter. The world is getting better and going forward for the most part.

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      7. Michael L‏ @michaelgavinlea Jan 31
        Replying to @Nihil7781 @caracoesque31 and

        Sadly you are completely wrong here John. An exploding human population of 8-10 billion isn't supportable on a finite planet. New (e.g. Ebola-like) diseases, new strains of antibiotic-resitant viruses, are evolving - rarely reported in the media who treat us like children.

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      8. John Nihil‏ @Nihil7781 Jan 31
        Replying to @michaelgavinlea @caracoesque31 and

        You remind me of those people from the dark ages who would scoff at medical and technological advances that are now commonplace. The news only reports negative stories because that's what appeals to jaded pessimists who are looking for an easy way out to avoid making an effort.

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      1. Michael L‏ @michaelgavinlea Jan 17
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        A rose-tinted, Pollyanna propaganda piece, which ignores legitimate sources such as this:http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2017/world-hunger-report/en/ …

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      1. Steve Grattan‏ @StephenGrattan Jan 10
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        Funny how we live in the best of all possible times yet pessimistic perceptions persist. What a luxury. Most of us should be dead.

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      1. Mark Scurry‏ @MarkScurry Jan 9
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        You're going to make me a lot less sarcastic and cynical at this rate. It's all the data's fault!

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      1. Sterling Thorne‏ @sterlingthorne Jan 9
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        Like I told @jordanbpeterson 1.This year, the WHO unveiled a new vaccine that’s cheap and effective enough to end cholera, one of humanity’s greatest ever killers (NYT)... Except for its largest modern outbreak/spread in Yemen ~ 500 000 ppl. And that was just number 1.

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      1. Postmodern Funhouse‏ @pomofunhouse Jan 9
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece . . .pic.twitter.com/SUimsOAFS6

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      2. Chu Guevara‏ @CheGuevaraBlog Jan 9
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        Steven pinker praises the alt-right. Libertarian kooks will often side with fascists in order to keep their market tyranny in place.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xJ5bvw6Ckw&t=3s …

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      1. Fabián Díaz Consuegra‏ @DiazConsuegra Jan 9
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        ¿La idea de que las cosas van mal son realidad o percepción? Con datos objetivos, Pinker siembra la sospecha.

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      2. Guy Henry‏ @GuyHenry_7 Jan 9
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        I posted this on Facebook more than a day ago. Received 2 likes. I know it’s easier to Like a photo of my daughter than scroll though 99 best things, but just a sad response.

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      3. Michael L‏ @michaelgavinlea Jan 17
        Replying to @GuyHenry_7 @sapinker @qz

        Sounds like most of your friends are more honest that Pinker's deluded Pollyanna acolytes - which is a compliment to you.

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      1. goodgoing‏ @goodgoingfx Jan 9
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        could of made it 100

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