Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Steven Pinker
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR"My new favorite book of all time." --Bill Gates If you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enligh...
Publish Date
2018-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
2018-02-13T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads rating
4.21
ISBN
9780143111382
Recommendations
7
Recommendations
2020-03-25T17:29:02.000Z
Enlightenment Now is such a truly brilliant book, elegantly written, sparkling with wit, driving nails hard home on every page, I can only conclude that the few carping, mean-spirited negative reviewers are jealous. – source2018-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/19/17130570/melinda-gates-book-recommendations-sxsw-ezra-klein-show-amazon2019-12-20T18:23:49.000Z
I am in the middle of listening to @sapinker’s ”Enlightenment Now”. Simply brilliant! A must for anyone trying to make sense of the world. Factual optimism. Glad mother-in-law is getting me the physical version of the book for Christmas. Will re-read. – source2019-06-02T21:47:22.000Z
@dlowd @yudapearl @sapinker @black_in_ai @WiMLworkshop @DeepIndaba @kaifulee Having read both, I still recommend the book of Pinker 😊 Would love to chat once you’ve read it. – source2020-03-05T07:55:39.000Z
Happy #WorldBookDay! Here are some books human rights and liberalism which I have enjoyed over the past few years – source