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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 14

    Lively feature & interview, highligthing controversies likely to be raised by my book, in The Guardian.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/11/steven-pinker-enlightenment-now-interview-inequality-consumption-environment?CMP=share_btn_tw …

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      2. Vote November 6th‏ @Catty_Paddy Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        Enlightenment=good. Glad we're agreed. Inequality = Not a big deal. Okay, now we have an issue. Obesity, homelessness, social capital, health costs, happiness, economic mobility, disease and even Innovation are all negatively impacted as wealth inequality goes up.

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      3. Austin W Smith‏ @auwsmit Feb 15
        Replying to @Catty_Paddy @sapinker

        The claim was that "the dangers of inequality have been overstated." You have to remember that this book is about global progress. If you want to critique his views on income inequality, then read this first:http://bigthink.com/big-think-books/steven-pinker-enlightenment-now-inequality-happiness …

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      4. Vote November 6th‏ @Catty_Paddy Feb 15
        Replying to @auwsmit @sapinker

        Yes, it's better to be rich and unequal, than poor and equal. It's also better to have herpes and no aids, than just plain old aids. It doesn't mean that herpes isn't bad. #nuance

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      1. Paul | Apatheia‏ @StreeterPaul Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        Did anyone predict that we’d need someone to defend “good” news? I look forward to reading the new book

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      1. Joaquín Ramírez‏ @TheUnfound_Door Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        "dead white men in wigs." Geez, so the guardian needs to explain to his readers what enlightenment is.

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      1. Oolon Colluphid‏ @0olon_Colluph1d Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker

        I remember when I thought the Guardian wasn’t an ideological rag. My option of you hasn’t changed over time tho. You’re awesome.

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      2. BatteryBabe1‏ @batterybabe1 Feb 16
        Replying to @sapinker

        we are only sustainable on the energy front if nothing changes from today (even population) there is only about 50 years of fossil fuels left as it is...and metals for green energy will be depleted soon after

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      3. Brian Heligman‏ @BrianTHeligman Feb 16
        Replying to @batterybabe1 @sapinker

        any source on this claim? most of my colleagues have asserted we aren't running out of fossil fuels any time soon, and although cobalt is relatively rare iron and lithium arent going anywhere

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      4. BatteryBabe1‏ @batterybabe1 Feb 16
        Replying to @BrianTHeligman @sapinker

        1) let's assume we go all renewables tomorrow...and use solar/wind to charge batteries to use at night. The US nightime load is about 6000 gigawatts (based on US consumption of 10 terawatt hours/day) (check my math lol)

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      5. BatteryBabe1‏ @batterybabe1 Feb 16
        Replying to @batterybabe1 @BrianTHeligman @sapinker

        2) how much lithium would that take...assume 400 Wh/kg Li-Ion...that is about 16 * 10^7 kg of lithium (more for Co).

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      6. BatteryBabe1‏ @batterybabe1 Feb 16
        Replying to @batterybabe1 @BrianTHeligman @sapinker

        3) the USGS estimates Li at 12 * 10^9, we are off by only a factor of 100! and that doesn't include cars or the rest of the world. Now there obviously may be more to be found...but we are close to a limit on Li.

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      1. Roger Titcombe‏ @rogertitcombe Feb 20
        Replying to @sapinker

        Not everything is getting better all the time here in the UK. Wages, rents (don't even think about mortgages) all in serious decline for young adults as university fees are the highest in the world Seehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/newsbeat-43114746/young-people-in-the-uk-have-suffered-a-wage-slump …

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      1. Jessie Churchill‏ @churchill747 Feb 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        what do you have to say about guns in the US? I'd rather hear your opinion on this, please.

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      1. Elblanc0‏ @el_blanc0 Feb 15
        Replying to @sapinker

        I just don't know about you anymore @sapinker. I don't know what it is. But you've drifted. I'll read your book, and then I'll be back to comment.

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      1.  🇦🇺Australian Dissident 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸‏ @Bradjstone80 Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker @aliamjadrizvi

        I'm fairly right wing, but i would love to have @sapinker for dinner and talk for hours about ideas, even though his intellect would dwarf mine, lol. He is a true left wingeer, not what most of it has degenerated into these days. A good man.

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      1. The Weekly TALK‏ @ReEnlightInc Feb 14
        Replying to @sapinker @benshapiro

        #ReEnlight

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