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I watched the video of Pinker & Gates, and I confess my prejudice was 'two comfortably rich elitists pushing a centralized globalization agenda'. I'll read the
by olivermarks 9y ago
I watched the video of Pinker & Gates, and I confess my prejudice was 'two comfortably rich elitists pushing a centralized globalization agenda'. I'll read the book but with a large pinch of salt...
- rpedela 9y agoHis books are an expanded version of his TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence/up-next https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_viole...
- bhuga 9y agoWhat is "centralized globalization?" The top google result for this term is a paper talking about the Vatican; results quickly seem to become less relevant (for example, talking about "globalization, centralization, ...").
- olivermarks 9y agoThink Davos cliques and The Fourth Industrial Revolution' by Schwab et al https://www.amazon.com/dp/1944835148?ref_=pe_870760_150889320 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1944835148?ref_=pe_870760_15088932... My comment was not necessarily a criticism, more an observation....