Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

If it seems to you that the world is heading towards an abyss, take a look around. People are now living longer, healthier, freer and happier than ever before. In a breathtaking survey of the state of humanity in the third millennium, psychologist and science communicator Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the sensational headlines and catastrophic predictions that so cleverly play on the co...