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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Mar 1

    The World Might Not Be As Disastrous We Think It Is: Excerpt of Enlightenment Now in Lit Hub. https://lithub.com/the-world-might-not-be-as-disastrous-we-think-it-is/ … via @lithub

    8:19 AM - 1 Mar 2018
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      2. John Blackman‏ @DefyMasters Mar 1
        Replying to @sapinker @lithub

        Yeah....http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/43677-scientists-warn-february-melting-near-north-pole-really-extreme …

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      3. Tony Gallagher‏ @tonybaloney83 Mar 1
        Replying to @DefyMasters @sapinker @lithub

        yep. #climatechange crushing my desire to be optimistic about the future

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      1.  🎃 🦇 💀Source Code of DOOM 💀 🦇 🎃‏ @dSmk Mar 1
        Replying to @sapinker @lithub

        This dialectic you try to engage in would be far more interesting if you have the other side proper credit, and considered it earnestly. Oh, and those "prophets of doom" you so easily dismiss had a really bleak future to contend with, some, like Benjamin, died escaping it.

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      1. Mooki Shalom‏ @Mooki100 Mar 7
        Replying to @sapinker @lithub

        Progress for whom? For homo sapiens maybe, but not for the trillions of chickens, cows, sheep, goats, fish, turkeys, rabbits, ducks, etc.. that are caged and violently killed every year. What are your thoughts on that?

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      1. calcanfloat‏ @calcanfloat Mar 1
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        Improving as a society for the last 50 years perhaps, but destroying species and habitats with reckless abandon. Okay maybe 2000 Years.

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      1. Karen Olsen‏ @KarenO99 Mar 1
        Replying to @sapinker @lithub

        Weird lead in to a discussion about media practices. I guess you got my attention but now I think you are goofy as all get out.

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      1. LyndonBarry43‏ @BarryLyndon34 Mar 1
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        "As it turns out, the Enlightenment was actually about support for Absolutism in government and economies!"-Steven Pinker

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      1. LyndonBarry43‏ @BarryLyndon34 Mar 1
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        The Enlightenment might have actually been about really voicing support for Mercantilism and Protectionism? Why, do tell?

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      1. Joseph M. Gabriel‏ @jmgabriel72 Mar 1
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        You are the guy who thinks Tuskegee was no big deal. Excuse me if I have trouble taking anything you say seriously.

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      1. Ken Brown‏ @KenBrowne49 Mar 1
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        We're just coming out of the conspiracy informationist era, and hopefully not heading into the emotional naive era. I hope Paglia is wrong.

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      1. Radoc‏ @radoc72 Mar 1
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        Thoroughly enjoying the audio book.pic.twitter.com/GBRERJ1bij

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      1. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb Mar 1
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        Loving the book so far.

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