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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 23

    "Magnificent, uplifting and makes you want to rush to your laptop and close your Twitter account." Review of Enlightenment Now in The Economist. https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21737241-enlightenment-now-explains-why-doom-mongers-are-wrong-steven-pinkers-case-optimism … via @TheEconomist

    8:35 AM - 23 Feb 2018
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      1. R. Boj‏ @Roquerol Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @TheEconomist

        You don’t have to close your Twitter account, just select the right people to follow, like @sapinker @MaxCRoser or @exploreplanets lots of optimism!!

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      1. Postgenetic‏ @Postgenetic Feb 24
        Replying to @sapinker @TheEconomist

        Willing 2 b wrong, but these data r far mor fundamentl thn longevity literacy poverty Phytoplankton Population Drops 40% Since 1950--Sci Am 2010 “Carbon emissions are now the highest they have been since the age of dinosaurs, 66 million years ago.” Nature Geoscience 2016 attachdpic.twitter.com/DbgxYs62xp

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      2. Wilmar Dario Macias‏ @WilmarMac Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @TheEconomist

        Professor Pinker, could it be possible that naturally our brain is trained to identify dangers and overcome difficulties unleashing a desire for those stories which portrait them?

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      1. Jonathan Sobo‏ @jsobo8 Feb 24
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        What a time to be alive. @sapinker how do we take this ‘enlightenment’ into our work, relationships and daily lives?

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      1.  🚀 JenniHul  ⚛️‏ @jlhulford1 Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @TheEconomist

        Oh, I love my Twitter account. I've been here for 4 mos. And it's limited to a couple RL friends, nuclear power friends, nuclear power pages, astro, space and some bands. Sure Trump nonsense leaks in. But otherwise it's awesome!

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      2. Ellen Jovin‏ @EllenJovin Feb 24
        Replying to @sapinker @TheEconomist

        Okay, I like optimism. I will buy it from the wonderful independent bookstore @bookculture this weekend!

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      3. Ellen Jovin‏ @EllenJovin Feb 25
        Replying to @EllenJovin @sapinker and

        Done!

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      1. Abiola Heyliger‏ @abiolaheyliger Feb 28
        Replying to @sapinker @TheEconomist

        Abiola Heyliger Retweeted MDRC

        https://twitter.com/MDRC_News/status/968826565349044224 … cc: @jasonhickel

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        MDRCVerified account @MDRC_News
        Report Updates Landmark 1968 Racism Study. Finds More #Poverty, Segregation https://n.pr/2FANu4v  #KernerAt50
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      1. Tree Moore‏ @TeresaM91951910 Feb 24
        Replying to @sapinker @TheEconomist

        But climate change!

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      1. David Thomas‏ @vanya42st Feb 24
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      1. carminegallo‏ @carminegallo Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @TheEconomist

        I love that line. It says so much in one sentence.

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      1. Fran Johnson‏ @franjohnson_ie Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @TheEconomist

        Pinker's Scientism is catching!

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      1. WIntelAgency‏ @WIntelAgency Feb 23
        Replying to @sapinker @TheEconomist

        Yep, check & balances do keep things balancing out. As for women recognition in high tech investment, check & balances still at work, @emilychangtv is shining more enlightenmenthttps://kjzz.org/content/611598/new-book-calls-out-lack-diversity-silicon-valley …

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      1. Wen Shengli‏ @wen_shengli Feb 23
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        👍

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      1. Bryan Fyock‏ @centerfluid Feb 23
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