This is the case for an Enlightenment newly recharged for the 21st century. But the way to deal with them is not to sink into despair or try to lurch back to a mythical idyllic past it’s to treat them as problems we can solve, as we have solved other problems in the past. Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress is remarkable, heart-warming, and long overdue.' Christian Science Monitor Pinker is a paragon of exactly the kind of intellectual honesty and courage we need to restore conversation and community, and the students are right to revere him. The challenges we face today are formidable. Who could be against reason, science, humanism, or progress The words seem saccharine, the ideals unexceptionable. These are the values of the Enlightenment- of reason, science, humanism and progress. Such progress is no accident- it’s the gift of a coherent value system that many of us embrace without even realizing it. The moral & material state of the world is better now.
Yet, as Steven Pinker shows, if you follow the trendlines, you discover that our lives have become longer, healthier, safer and more prosperous – not just in the West, but worldwide. Tim Recommends Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism & Progress by Steven Pinker. Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred and irrationality. Title: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism & Progress
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