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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Apr 29

    New Interview in the Times of India. http://toi.in/Jq2_Mb/a24gk  via @timesofindia

    10:15 AM - 29 Apr 2018
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    11 replies 34 retweets 120 likes
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      2. John Harrington‏ @thebeartiger Apr 29
        Replying to @hategraphs @sapinker @timesofindia

        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.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Jeremy Watts‏ @jeremyjwatts Apr 29
        Replying to @thebeartiger @hategraphs and

        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?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. John Harrington‏ @thebeartiger Apr 29
        Replying to @jeremyjwatts @hategraphs and

        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.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Jeremy Watts‏ @jeremyjwatts Apr 29
        Replying to @thebeartiger @hategraphs and

        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.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. John Harrington‏ @thebeartiger Apr 30
        Replying to @jeremyjwatts @hategraphs and

        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.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Jeremy Watts‏ @jeremyjwatts Apr 30
        Replying to @thebeartiger @hategraphs and

        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?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. John Harrington‏ @thebeartiger Apr 30
        Replying to @jeremyjwatts @hategraphs and

        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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      1. SymmetricSpectrum‏ @SymmetricSpec Apr 29
        Replying to @sapinker @timesofindia

        SymmetricSpectrum Retweeted SymmetricSpectrum

        https://twitter.com/SymmetricSpec/status/987799348711862272?s=20 …

        SymmetricSpectrum added,

        SymmetricSpectrum @SymmetricSpec
        Replying to @jordanbpeterson
        Even though the world is getting better by some measures, could the same be said about inequality?
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      1. SchizoPete‏ @PeterJohnKattz Apr 29
        Replying to @sapinker @timesofindia

        Data also says we have entered the sixth mass extinction event. Oh free market, fix me up the perfect gadget for this occasion. #collapse

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      1. P-Brane‏ @BraneRunner Apr 29
        Replying to @sapinker @AKimCampbell @timesofindia

        You are a proof of your claims.

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      1. voltairesdog‏ @voltairesdog Apr 29
        Replying to @sapinker @timesofindia

        Great interview!

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      1. Alfred Gillham‏ @AlfredGillham Apr 29
        Replying to @sapinker @timesofindia

        Statics don't lie? But they often get it wrong!

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      2. Howard Chu‏ @hyc_symas Apr 29
        Replying to @sapinker @timesofindia

        Not in the US thoughhttps://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/12/21/health/us-life-expectancy-study/index.html …

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Howard Chu‏ @hyc_symas Apr 29
        Replying to @hyc_symas @sapinker @timesofindia

        https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/01/u-s-democracy-is-in-grave-danger-a-new-economist-report-warns/ …

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Howard Chu‏ @hyc_symas Apr 29
        Replying to @hyc_symas @sapinker @timesofindia

        Health, wealth, and freedom all in serious decline across UShttps://inequality.org/facts/wealth-inequality/ …

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. End of conversation
      1. Syed Iqbal simnani‏ @SimnaniIqbals Apr 29
        Replying to @sapinker @timesofindia

        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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      1. Greglaar‏ @Greglaar1 Apr 29
        Replying to @sapinker @timesofindia

        @kanyewest please read @sapinker work.

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      1. Naveen Khajanchi‏ @NaveenKhajanchi Apr 29
        Replying to @sapinker @timesofindia

        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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