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Folks like Stephen Pinker (Enlightenment Now), Matt Ridley (The Rational Optimist), and Max Roser (Our World in Data) have done a compelling job of presenting d
by SamPatt 6y ago
Folks like Stephen Pinker (Enlightenment Now), Matt Ridley (The Rational Optimist), and Max Roser (Our World in Data) have done a compelling job of presenting data that shows poverty has decreased substantially in recent generations.
- RNCTX 6y agoSteven Pinker writes for a conservative propaganda publication that tries to legitimize phrenology to promote racism as a science.
- DuskStar 6y agoThat's a nice set of ad hominem attacks there. Do you have anything to say about his arguments, or just your interpretation of unrelated views he might hold? Yes, Pinker has views that others find objectionable. But that has no bearing on whether poverty has increased worldwide. Incidentally, The Guardian lists Enlightenment Now as one of its "Books to Buy in 2018", at least according to the Amazon page [0]. (I mention The Guardian because that's who the article is from) 0: https://www.amazon.com/Enlightenment-Now-Science-Humanism-Progress/dp/0525427570 https://www.amazon.com/Enlightenment-Now-Science-Humanism-Pr...