Episode · The Jordan Harbinger Show · 2021-12-09
Books mentioned on Harvard Psychologist Reveals How You're Brainwashed to Think Negatively | Steven Pinker Ep. 593
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker is a nonfiction work that uses data and quantitative charts to argue that humanity, reason, science, and humanism have driven unprecedented progress in global health, prosperity, and safety.
Discussed“and right writing books like enlightenment now or better better angels rationality are inherently occurring and they're inherently encouraging”
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker is a comprehensive historical study arguing that violence has steadily declined over the course of human history.
Discussed“and right writing books like enlightenment now or better better angels rationality are inherently occurring and they're inherently encouraging”
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Rationality
"Rationality" by Steven Pinker examines what rationality is, why it seems in short supply, and why it matters for individual and collective decision-making.
Discussed“and right writing books like enlightenment now or better better angels rationality are inherently occurring and they're inherently encouraging”
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Other mentions in this episode (7) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Enlightenment Now
“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”
Own book Enlightenment Now
“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”
Own book Enlightenment Now
“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”
Own book Rationality
“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”
Own book The Better Angels of Our Nature
“and then in better angels of our nature uh a term of course that i stole from abraham lincoln but it fit the idea perfectly i showed that it's not just a theoretical possibility it's happened”
Own book Enlightenment Now
“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”
Own book Enlightenment Now
“not only did an enlightenment now do i present the case for liberal cosmopolitan humanism against nationalist populist reactionary thinking”