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The Stuff of Thought
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Podcasts that mention The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
Freakonomics Radio episodes that mention The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
Episode: Swearing Is More Important Than You Think | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 540
Published on April 20, 2023
Question: you've got this kind of euphemism treadmill that Stephen Pinker talks about where it starts off as a bad word, but then people use it more and more, and then you get used to it, and then it falls away, and then you need to come up with another bad word.
The host discusses the 'euphemism treadmill' concept, which is attributed to Stephen Pinker. This idea suggests that a word begins as taboo but becomes more acceptable over time, necessitating the creation of new terms to fill the space of the old ones.
The Joe Rogan Experience episodes that mention The Stuff of Thought by Steven Pinker
Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #1363 - Dakota Meyer
Published on October 9, 2019
and I think this is a I mean Steven Pinker talks about this all the time in his books but and it's criticized for it because a lot of people don't like the idea that things are getting better and they want to dwell on the negative aspects and they want to they want to magnify those and make it the most important focal point
Joe Rogan mentions Steven Pinker and his books, noting that Pinker discusses how things are getting better over time, which is often criticized.
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