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Enlightenment Now
the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress
by Steven Pinker
1 episode · 1 guest · last mentioned 15 Nov 2021
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Who brought it up
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Jimmy Carr in the episode with Jimmy Carr
About the book
A sweeping defense of Enlightenment ideals, using data to argue that human progress in health, prosperity, safety, and knowledge is real and driven by reason, science, and humanism. It counters pessimism with statistical evidence of global improvement.
