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Pinker's book is about the fate of world since 1800. Your response is about a few statistics in the US since 1990. They don't even extend to the rest of the de
by sien 8y ago
Pinker's book is about the fate of world since 1800.
Your response is about a few statistics in the US since 1990. They don't even extend to the rest of the developed world.
Pinker doesn't say that everything is getting better all the time. There is still leaders like Stalin, Mao, Hitler and Maduro. He says, however, that in general things have become much better globally since 1800.
- danielrm26 8y agoThe point is that it doesn't matter because the pain people are experiencing right now far outweighs any of the positive we've gained over the past. We don't experience deltas to the past. We experience deltas from what we remember.
- okket 8y agoI'd believe this argument if the current pain is overwhelming enough to want to live in the past, say 1800s. With all consequences. But I am confident most people do not want to go back even to the 1990s.