Stephen Fry Steven Pinker On The Enlightenment Today

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Global Empowerment Meeting (GEM18), April 17-18, 2018 How have doom-and-gloom perceptions become entrenched and how ... With each new dispiriting headline, it's hard not to feel that the world is sinking deeper into chaos, hatred and irrationality. Much of what we call wisdom consists in balancing the conflicting desires within ourselves, and much of what we call morality and ... If you think the world is coming to an end, think again. People are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our ... Host Paul Johnson welcomes Harvard University Professor and author America, observers are fond of saying, is the only country based upon an idea. That idea—that all men and women are created ... Join me in the final episode of this series, as we cover content from some of my most ambitious and controversial books.