If you truly believe Pinker's view is Panglossian, you haven't read him. But that hardly distinguishes you from most of his critics, who seem to be responding to titles and blurbs on the dust jackets than the contents of his books.
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Let me guess, the world is getting better all the time, regardless of the indigenous folks being forced out of their traditional livelihoods and the rapid disappearance of species and general environmental destruction?
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Let me guess. You never actually read Pinker's work, which is about, e.g., *average* declines in violence and specifically addresses environmental problems and accepts their existential seriousness.
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You guess correctly. I'm basing my opinion of his work solely on his tweets glorifying capitalism and progress with no mention of the hidden costs.
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You don't seem to understand that you have completely discredited yourself. Take the time to understand him or don't reply. To do anything else is completely intellectually dishonest. Pinker does mention costs. All over. You have only to make the minimal effort to read his words.
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He only has to make the minimal effort to summarize himself accurately in his tweets. I'm much more likely to make the effort of buying and reading another book if the author represents himself persuasively so. Which effort is more minimal?
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Look, it's not reasonable to insist on being spoon fed in tweets. If you don't want to make a purchase, that's reasonable. If you don't want to seek his videos on YouTube or interviews where he explicates his ideas in depth, that's fine. Just don't act like you understand him.
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Data also says we have entered the sixth mass extinction event. Oh free market, fix me up the perfect gadget for this occasion.
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You are a proof of your claims.
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Great interview!
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Statics don't lie? But they often get it wrong!
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Health, wealth, and freedom all in serious decline across UShttps://inequality.org/facts/wealth-inequality/ …
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Millions innocents died in secular anti Jihadi Iraq and Syria - both countries hated Al-Qaidi, had nothing to do with Sep 11, while the epicentre of Wahabi networks in Saudi remains untouched. Or the new Russian and US nuclear missile defence system - is that human enlightenment?
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@kanyewest please read@sapinker work.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Data may say we are happier but I see unhappiness on the rise ...https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/atm-happiness-acceptance-take-charge-make-most-naveen-khajanchi/ …
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