Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2018-02-04
Books mentioned on #1073 - Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and is known for his advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a landmark popular science book that presents a gene-centric view of evolution and introduced the concept of the meme.
Discussed“going back to Richard Dawkins his famous book The Selfish Gene where he posed the question how could niceness and generosity and cooperation evolve given that in Darwinian competition you'd expect the the most aggressive the most selfish to predominate”
Where to get it
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Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker is a data-driven defense of reason, science, humanism, and human progress, arguing that global living standards have steadily improved.
Recommended“thank you so much for being here your book one more time enlightenment now the reason science humanism and progress”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Enlightenment Now
“absolutely so I second to last book the one just before my current book enlightenment now”
Own book The Sense of Style
“absolutely so I second to last book the one just before my current book enlightenment now but the previous book was called the sense of style it was a writing manual where I began to began”
Own book The Better Angels of Our Nature
“he wrote the foreword to the french translation of the better angels of our nature”