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Depending on the source of your anxiety you might find that "Enlightenment Now!" by Steven Pinker is helpful. It was for me with my anxiety about the course of
by pivo 8y ago
Depending on the source of your anxiety you might find that "Enlightenment Now!" by Steven Pinker is helpful. It was for me with my anxiety about the course of humankind.
- clumsysmurf 8y agoReading the thesis / synopsis of this book, I feel I live on a different planet than Pinker. Not sure how this would make anyone struggling with the bottom of the Maslow hierarchy feel better ...
- spicymaki 8y agoI am naturally pessimistic, so it is hard for me to swallow that the human experience is improving for people all over the world. However, Pinker presents a large amount of compelling data in "Enlightenment Now" about how we are actually progressing as a species. It is a good counterbalance to incessant negativity of the media.