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Steven Pinker: What can we expect from the 2020s?

Posted by patience_limited
Tags: optimism, progress, human nature, decade ahead.2020s, author.steven pinker, paywall
https://www.ft.com/content/e448f4ae-224e-11ea-92da-f0c92e957a96

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Dec 27 2019
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    Posted for discussion purposes. I'm looking for credible reasons to be optimistic about the near future. Pinker's brand of long-term optimism, for me, belies the fragility of complex systems and...

    Posted for discussion purposes. I'm looking for credible reasons to be optimistic about the near future.

    Pinker's brand of long-term optimism, for me, belies the fragility of complex systems and the rapidity with which changes are ramifying.

    Feel free to agree, disagree, or head in a completely different direction.

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