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RE: If Pinker is, it's in a tradition of thinkers who write, isn't it? It's not like

The idea that progress is something that can be inferred from data is just plain sophomoric. But Pinker, like many Canadians and Americans, can't tell the difference between philosophy and science. Progress is an Enlightenment concept, and a very powerful one. Unfortunately, the decimation of species, violent weather and the current pandemic are all signs that this concept needs a thorough reset, one that respects the limits to growth. We are more like a cancer than a successful species at the moment.


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