5/21/2023 0 Comments Enlightenment now![]() ![]() ![]() The theme of Enlightenment Now is contained in its subtitle: it is that reason, science and humanism lead to progress. ![]() It’s a long summary, but the book deserves it. What follows is a summary plus a few thoughts of my own. I’ve recently finished it, and I recommend it to everyone. So when I heard about Steven Pinker’s new book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, I knew I had to read it as soon as it came out. When I began this project a year ago, I had no idea that someone was already working on a well-researched but popular book on a theme very close to the central idea of this blog. ![]()
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