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Enlightenment Now

Quillette Podcast 11 - Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker explains why the critics of Enlightenment Now are wrong

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14 Jan 2019 · 1 min read

Canadian editor Jonathan Kay talks to Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker about his book Enlightenment Now and why the critics who took him to task for celebrating the Enlightenment are wrong. Professor Pinker has also written a piece for Quillette on the same subject.

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