Enlightenment Now: the Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker (2019)

In this book Enlightenment Now, cognitive scientist Steven Pinker assesses the human condition in the third millennium and urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data: In seventy-five graphs, Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness … Continue reading Enlightenment Now: the Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker (2019)

The Enlightenment The Age of Reason

Knowledge Revolutions Enlightenment 2.0 Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close The Enlightenment, known as the “Age of Reason,” was a profound intellectual exploration in the 17th and 18th centuries. It challenged traditional authority by advocating reason, freedom, … Continue reading The Enlightenment The Age of Reason

The Great Conversation – the Evolving Dialogue of Ideas Exploring the exchange of ideas across cultures and eras

The Conversational Enlightenment ** The Conversible World ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close The Great Conversation has spanned millennia, shaping human thought and understanding. Tracing its development and exploring the works of influential thinkers provides a … Continue reading The Great Conversation – the Evolving Dialogue of Ideas Exploring the exchange of ideas across cultures and eras

We Are Stardust We are literally part of the universe, not separate from it

Introduction: Our Evolutionary Journey Our Past Evolutionary Journey Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close We have an anthropocentric tendency to see ourselves separate from the rest of the universe – as if we are somehow above or distinct … Continue reading We Are Stardust We are literally part of the universe, not separate from it