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I always found Pinkers optimism simply as a counter against the perception that the world is going to hell, which in turn fuels effects like "fake news" which t
by emsy 9y ago
I always found Pinkers optimism simply as a counter against the perception that the world is going to hell, which in turn fuels effects like "fake news" which turns such reporting into a self fulfilling prophecy.
- DataWorker 9y agoI think that’s how he might see himself, a counter to the gloom and doom which is ubiquitous, fallacious and probably just another spurious product of human psychology. I think most it is owed to Hans Rosling.