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The book was written by Steven Pinker, an enlightenment rationalist from Harvard, who believes that people's proclivity to enjoy and tell stories is a side effect of something more fundamental cognitively.
I read a book by Steven Pinker once. Pinker's an Enlightenment rationalist from Harvard. A good guy and very smart and much of what he says is extraordinarily useful.
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Episode: The Sins of Adam and the True Nature of Eve
The book was written by Steven Pinker, an enlightenment rationalist from Harvard, who believes that people's proclivity to enjoy and tell stories is a side effect of something more fundamental cognitively.
I read a book by Steven Pinker once. Pinker's an Enlightenment rationalist from Harvard. A good guy and very smart and much of what he says is extraordinarily useful.
But he believes, for example, that our proclivity to enjoy and tell stories is like a side effect of something more fundamental cognitively.
Episode: 188. Saving The Humanities | Stephen Blackwood
The book, authored by Steven Pinker, was mentioned in the context of how Pinker's approach to understanding humanity, similar to Marian Tupy's, focuses on material well-being, often neglecting the spiritual and moral aspects of human flourishing.
you see the same thing and Stephen Pinkers work like the blank slate if I'm sure I hope I've got this right because I've read a couple of Pinkers books
