One of The Guardians Books to Buy in 2018

"The world is getting better, even if it doesnt always feel that way. Im glad we have brilliant thinkers like Steven Pinker to help us see the big picture. Enlightenment Now is not only the best book Pinkers ever written. Its my new favorite book of all time.Bill Gates

A terrific book[Pinker] recounts the progress across a broad array of metrics, from health to wars, the environment to happiness, equal rights to quality of life. Nicholas Kristof,The New York Times

Elegantly [argues] that in various ways humanity has every reason to be optimistic over life in the twenty-first century. A defense of progress that will provoke deep thinking and thoughtful discourse among his many fans.BooklistPinker defends progressive ideals against contemporary critics, pundits, cantankerous philosophers, and populist politicians to demonstrate how far humanity has come since the EnlightenmentIn an era of increasingly dystopian rhetoric, Pinkers sober, lucid, and meticulously researched vision of human progress is heartening and important.Publishers Weekly[An] impeccably written text full of interesting tidbits from neuroscience and other disciplinesThe author examines the many ways in which Enlightenment ideals have given us lives that our forebears would envy even if gloominess and pessimism are the order of the day. Kirkus Review

Praise for The Better Angels of Our Nature:

If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be thisthe most inspiring book I've ever read."Bill Gates (May, 2017)

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