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Topic	An interesting conversation on race that none of you will listen to.
silentwing26x 07/30/18 1:06:42 PM #110:	Intro2Logic posted... silentwing26x posted... If that sounds too hard to believe, see for yourself in Steven Pinker's fantastic new book Enlightenment Now. It's an excellent read, full of analysis of actual data/studies on topics ranging from global warming, happiness, safety, education, healthcare, food, etc. I'm curious what you make of these critiques? I haven't read the book, but these suggest that he gets the Enlightenment rather wrong https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2018/02/unenlightened-thinking-steven-pinker-s-embarrassing-new-book-feeble-sermon https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/03/12/what-steven-pinker-gets-wrong-about-economic-inequality-and-the-enlightenment/ https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/5/17/17362548/pinker-enlightenment-now-two-cultures-rationality-war-debate https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/books/review-enlightenment-now-steven-pinker.html I'll take a look at them, but note that while someone can argue with Pinker's interpretation of the philosophical underpinnings of the Enlightenment...it'll be a challenge to disagree with his analysis of the actual data that supports the claims he makes about things like violence, resources, climate change, food, healthcare, happiness, etc. It's a long book and he definitely does a lot of talking about the enlightenment and philosophy, but most of the book is about objectively measuring the trajectory we are on as a species and how far we've come in the last few hundred years. <cite>silentwing26x posted [p:905969051] in An interes... [t:76854798]...</cite> <quote><cite>Intro2Logic posted...</cite> <quote><cite>silentwing26x posted...</cite> <quote>If that sounds too hard to believe, see for yourself in Steven Pinker's fantastic new book Enlightenment Now. It's an excellent read, full of analysis of actual data/studies on topics ranging from global warming, happiness, safety, education, healthcare, food, etc. </quote> I'm curious what you make of these critiques? I haven't read the book, but these suggest that he gets the Enlightenment rather wrong https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2018/02/unenlightened-thinking-steven-pinker-s-embarrassing-new-book-feeble-sermon https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/03/12/what-steven-pinker-gets-wrong-about-economic-inequality-and-the-enlightenment/ https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/5/17/17362548/pinker-enlightenment-now-two-cultures-rationality-war-debate https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/books/review-enlightenment-now-steven-pinker.html</quote> I'll take a look at them, but note that while someone can argue with Pinker's interpretation of the philosophical underpinnings of the Enlightenment...it'll be a challenge to disagree with his analysis of the actual data that supports the claims he makes about things like violence, resources, climate change, food, healthcare, happiness, etc. It's a long book and he definitely does a lot of talking about the enlightenment and philosophy, but most of the book is about objectively measuring the trajectory we are on as a species and how far we've come in the last few hundred years.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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