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Optimism

Monday, July 28, 2025

The world is getting better, says Steven Pinker. Naivety and optimism are two sides of the same coin in the human mind.

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FOR Steven Pinker, the world we currently live in is heaven on earth. Perhaps he is naive, maintaining optimism amidst global uncertainty. He ignores various issues, such as war, the rise of conservatism and illiberalism, and global tensions.

But Pinker has the data. According to the shaggy-haired Harvard professor of psycholinguistics, the world is becoming friendlier by the day. Death, he says, no longer comes from preventable diseases. E

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