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Factfulness and Enlightenment Now utterly transformed my outlook on life and the state of the world. These two books turned me from a cynical complainer into an
by gpanders 7y ago
Factfulness and Enlightenment Now utterly transformed my outlook on life and the state of the world. These two books turned me from a cynical complainer into an optimist. Cannot recommend them highly enough.
- hliyan 7y agoNoticed multiple recommendations of Factfulness and decided to read a sample from Amazon. While I'm fully onboard with the material, the writing style put me off: it felt very egocentric and self-congratulatory.
- surfsvammel 7y agoStrange. That’s not how it came across to me. Maybe checkout some of his ted talks to get started: https://www.ted.com/speakers/hans_rosling https://www.ted.com/speakers/hans_rosling
- sharcerer 7y agoNassim Nicholas Taleb thinks it's BS. There's been a lot of debate on Pinker's book. https://www.vox.com/2015/5/21/8635369/pinker-taleb https://www.vox.com/2015/5/21/8635369/pinker-taleb
- SamPatt 7y agoWrong Pinker book. Taleb took issue with Better Angels of Our Nature, which is Pinker's book about the decline of violence. Enlightenment Now is different. Taleb might also have opposed that book (he likes to pick fights) but that's not what your link describes.