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What problem do people in this conversation have distinguishing current state from current rate? Complain that things are bad and fight to improve them? Sure.
by euyyn 9y ago
What problem do people in this conversation have distinguishing current state from current rate?
Complain that things are bad and fight to improve them? Sure. Complain that things are getting worse over time? It's false in a global sense, and in most specific senses too.
- pron 9y agoBut this is precisely where Pinker is wrong. Political change is not meant to be a scientific study. It is a movement towards a goal based on values.