Book · 2018 · Psychology
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
#51 of 15,601 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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Steven Pinker who as a very famous author and philosopher whom I really adore wrote a great book called Enlightenment Now and that's maybe the one book I would recommend.
What they say about it
- Call it an amazing book“an amazing book”2
- Mention the 200 charts“those 200 charts he puts in there”2
- Call it a great book“wrote a great book called enlightenment now”2
- Note things are trending positively“things are trending more positively”2
The best things said about it
Read Pinker's book or Enlightenment Now and just go through those 200 charts he puts in there; it will blow your mind.
If people could just read stepen pinker's book Enlightenment now or Johan norberg's books and defense of global capitalism or the now the rework of that the capitalist Manifesto.
And for more on Steven check out his new book enlightenment now the case for reason science humanism and progress.
Dave Rubin The Rubin Report · Mar 2018 I'm a huge fan of the enlight the alignment in general in fact be you know Steven Pinker wrote that book enlightenment now that was the first book we chose to translating into Arabic.
Melissa Chen The Joe Rogan Experience · Feb 2020 If you look Steve Pinker's book Enlightenment Now has a great statistic a set of statistics on this, but the amount of time that humans are spending on leisure activities per week has climbed extraordinarily over the past couple of decades.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
26 people who brought it up
- David Friedberg4 mentions · 3 recs
Joe Rogan2 mentions · 2 recs- Sebastian Thrun2 mentions · 2 recs
- Dave Rubin5 mentions · 1 rec
- David Hauser1 mention · 1 rec
- John Mackey1 mention · 1 rec
- Rand Paul1 mention · 1 rec
Steven Pinker1 mention · 1 rec- Steven Tyler1 mention · 1 rec
Steve Levitt4 mentions
Angela Duckworth2 mentions- Jimmy Carr2 mentions
Why people recommend it
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker is a data-driven defense of reason, science, humanism, and progress that argues humanity is living in an era of unprecedented health, prosperity, and safety. Senator Rand Paul recommended the work on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg during a discussion on long-term human progress and global prosperity. John Mackey similarly recommended the book on Honestly with Bari Weiss to support the broader argument that capitalism has vastly improved human well-being. David Hauser included the title among his favorite books on ChooseFI, noting its thematic proximity to the works of Matt Ridley. David Friedberg passionately advocated for the book across multiple episodes of All-In, encouraging listeners to examine the impressive collection of charts within its pages to realize how dramatically the standard of living has improved over the past fifty years and to counter societal pessimism. Sebastian Thrun also praised the work on the Lex Fridman Podcast, expressing deep admiration for Steven Pinker as a philosopher and author, and identifying Enlightenment Now as the single most important book he would recommend to illustrate the overwhelmingly positive trajectory of modern civilization.
Every mention
David Friedberg Read Pinkner's book or Enlightenment Now and just go through those 200 charts he puts in there; it will blo… 4
Discussed
“If you look Steve Pinker's book Enlightenment Now has a great statistic a set of statistics on this, but the amount of time that humans are spending on leisure activities per week has climbed extraordinarily over the past couple of decades.”
Recommended
“I think that as a as a society we've gotten to the point that we are so well off that we have so many things that we don't realize we didn't have 50 years ago and you know, read Pinker's book on Enlightenment Now and just go through those 200 charts he puts in there.”
Recommended
“Read Pinkner's book or Enlightenment Now and just go through those 200 charts he puts in there; it will blow your mind.”
Recommended
“read his book Enlightenment Now. It Or you could watch one of his videos on YouTube where he's got like all 60 slides.”
Joe Rogan thank you so much for being here your book one more time enlightenment now the reason science humanism and… 2
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“There's a great there's a book by Steven Pinker I can't remember the name of it is escaping me but it's a it's a really good book about like um oh my god why can't any of the name uh can you look up a Steven Pinker book and it just essentially talks about like how things are actually because”
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“thank you so much for being here your book one more time enlightenment now the reason science humanism and progress”
Sebastian Thrun Steven Pinker who as a very famous author and philosopher whom I really adore wrote a great book called enl… 2
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“Steven Pinker who as a very famous author and philosopher whom I really adore wrote a great book called enlightenment now and that's maybe the one book I would recommend”
Recommended
“Steven Pinker who as a very famous author and philosopher whom I really adore wrote a great book called enlightenment now”
Dave Rubin and for more on Steven check out his new book enlightenment now the case for reason science humanism and pr… 5
Discussed
“And you know, his new book, Enlightenment Now, is that things are trending more positively. But even hearing that is is very hard for a lot of people.”
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“I've read the book. I think I've got it back here. You know, Pinker's book "Enlightenment Now."”
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“and you know his new book enlightenment now is that things are trending more positively”
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“let's talk about the book right here in front of me enlightenment now”
Recommended
“and for more on Steven check out his new book enlightenment now the case for reason science humanism and progress”
David Hauser ah the evolution of everything by Matt Ridley and this is very close with Steve pinkerton's latest book Enl… 1
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“ah the evolution of everything by Matt Ridley and this is very close with Steve pinkerton's latest book Enlightenment now”
John Mackey If people could just read stepen pinker's book Enlightenment now or Johan norberg's books and defense of gl… 1
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“If people could just read stepen pinker's book Enlightenment now or Johan norberg's books and defense of global capitalism or the now the rework of that the capitalist Manifesto”
Rand Paul Steven Pikner highlights this well. Same thing. Pikner does he's he's Pinker does it as well and he's great… 1
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“Steven Pikner highlights this well. Same thing. Pikner does he's he's Pinker does it as well and he's great. His book Enlightenment Now is an amazing book.”
Steven Pinker well I'd the short answer would be to read the sections that I wrote an Enlightenment 1
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“well I'd the short answer would be to read the sections that I wrote an Enlightenment”
Steven Tyler you know and Steven Pinker wrote a great book about this and there's a lot of evidence that folks read his… 1
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“you know and Steven Pinker wrote a great book about this and there's a lot of evidence that folks read his book”
Steve Levitt so let's just take example your latest book is Enlightenment now the case for reason science humanism and p… 4
Discussed
“Five years ago, we talked a lot about his book entitled Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.”
Discussed
“so let's just take example your latest book is Enlightenment now the case for reason science humanism and progress could you guys give us the one minute version of that book for people who haven't read it”
Discussed
“Here is a clip from our very first episode with psychologist Stephen Pinker, and you just asked him to describe his book, Enlightenment.”
Discussed
“So let's just take an example. Your latest book is Enlightenment Now, The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. Could you just give us the one-minute version of that book for people who haven't read it?”
Angela Duckworth I mean I don't know Stephen Pinker at all but his book Enlightenment now so well I'm familiar with the work… 2
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“I mean I don't know Stephen Pinker at all but his book Enlightenment now so well I'm familiar with the work better angels of our nature”
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“Yeah, I mean I don't know Steven Pinker at all, but his book Enlightenment Now...”
Jimmy Carr like that that we live in this time you know that Steven Pinker Enlightenment now book Mhm you sort of go w… 2
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“like that that we live in this time you know that Steven Pinker Enlightenment now book Mhm you sort of go well now”
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“You know that Steven Pinker Enlightenment now book”
Melissa Chen I'm a huge fan of the enlight the alignment in general in fact be you know Steven Pinker wrote that book en… 2
Discussed
“I'm a huge fan of the enlight the alignment in general in fact be you know Steven Pinker wrote that book enlightenment now that was the first book we chose to translating to Arabic”
Discussed
“I'm a huge fan of the enlight the alignment in general in fact be you know Steven Pinker wrote that book enlightenment now that was the first book we chose to translating into Arabic”
Ben Shapiro I think human beings don't change, and the story of humanity is not humanity becoming ever better, sort of… 1
Discussed
“I think human beings don't change, and the story of humanity is not humanity becoming ever better, sort of in the Steven Pinker notion.”
Dwarkesh Patel i thought it was an enlightenment now but yeah okay so yeah also yeah i also read enlightenment now i i don… 1
Discussed
“i thought it was an enlightenment now but yeah okay so yeah also yeah i also read enlightenment now i i don't remember you know could be it could be better or not”
Faisal Saeed Al Mutar Steven Pinker wrote this book Enlightenment Now, which is-- - There it is, right there. - And we've happily… 1
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“Steven Pinker wrote this book Enlightenment Now, which is-- - There it is, right there. - And we've happily translated it.”
Jennifer Szalai uh so this week I read Stephen pinker's new book Enlightenment now maybe he did too yeah I mean there's a l… 1
Discussed
“uh so this week I read Stephen pinker's new book Enlightenment now maybe he did too yeah I mean there's a lot of exclamation points actually in the book”
Jordan Harbinger and right writing books like enlightenment now or better better angels rationality are inherently occurring… 1
Discussed
“and right writing books like enlightenment now or better better angels rationality are inherently occurring and they're inherently encouraging”
Jordan Peterson there we go so stephen in your book um enlightenment now and other works you've been tarred and feathered s… 1
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“there we go so stephen in your book um enlightenment now and other works you've been tarred and feathered so to speak as an optimist”
Lex Fridman this I talked to Steve Pinker is enlightenment now mmm-hmm his book kind of highlights that that 1
Discussed
“this I talked to Steve Pinker is enlightenment now mmm-hmm his book kind of highlights that that”
Michael Yo no no yes not read any of Steven Pinker's work mm-hmm Steven Pinker is a really really brilliant guy and on… 1
Discussed
“no no yes not read any of Steven Pinker's work mm-hmm Steven Pinker is a really really brilliant guy and one of the things that he gets criticized for is showing how much less violent the world is today how much less crime there is how much less rape how much less murder”
Morgan Levey here is a clip from our very first episode with psychologist Stephen Pinker and you just asked him to descr… 1
Discussed
“here is a clip from our very first episode with psychologist Stephen Pinker and you just asked him to describe his book Enlightenment now the case for reason science humanism and progress”
Nicholas Kristof so I'm just finishing up a a book by stepen Pinker called Enlightenment now which is coming out next month… 1
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“so I'm just finishing up a a book by stepen Pinker called Enlightenment now which is coming out next month and a fantastic book”
Robert Greene and enlightenment now whatever yeah I read his books you know he's a very important thinker 1
Discussed
“and enlightenment now whatever yeah I read his books you know he's a very important thinker”
Russell Brand Because also like if I always feel like I'm on the precipice of the pinker conversation, of 'do you know th… 1
Critiqued
“Because also like if I always feel like I'm on the precipice of the pinker conversation, of 'do you know that so many people have been pulled out of poverty and things are so great now?' Oh, really?”
William von Hippel and that's of course the point of Pinker's newest book enlightenment now know things are going freaking gre… 1
Discussed
“and that's of course the point of Pinker's newest book enlightenment now know things are going freaking great turn it anarchy”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“Oh uh one possibility is to revisit the uh all the indicators of progress. What's the report card on the world 10 years after I published uh enlightenment now?”
Plugged
“And likewise, I have a quote from Thomas Edison in Enlightenment Now on how the electricity will liberate women.”
Plugged
“i do have a graph in my previous book enlightenment now showing working hours in the united states and europe which have gone uh way down for more than 60 hours a week to fewer than 40 hours”
Plugged
“i know that's uh something i deal with in in enlightenment now uh because if i'm just saying well look at the way the new york times sensationalizes this the story this morning”
Plugged
“so this is i mean this is kind of a theme of my last book uh enlightenment now i also go into the psychology in more detail in my new book rationality which is among other things about how our sense of risk and probability and prevalence are driven by images and anecdotes and narratives”
Plugged
“and and then enlightenment now i broadened that to other measures of human well-being such as poverty and illiteracy and work hours and and uh happiness”
Plugged
“not only did an enlightenment now do i present the case for liberal cosmopolitan humanism against nationalist populist reactionary thinking”
Plugged
“if i can allude to another cheeky passage toward the end of enlightenment now i say well is do we need to have uh”
Passing
“In particular, The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now have instilled in me a sense of optimism grounded in data, science, and reason.”
Plugged
“Joining me today is a Johnstone family professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University as well as a New York Times bestselling author whose new book enlightenment now is for sale right now Steven Pinker”
Plugged
“joining me today is a Johnstone family professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University as well as a New York Times bestselling author whose new book enlightenment now is for sale right now”
Plugged
“absolutely so I second to last book the one just before my current book enlightenment now”