TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pinker, Steven
TI  - Enlightenment now: the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress
SN  - 9780141979090 (pbk.)
U1  - 303.44 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - United Kingdom
PB  - Penguin Random House
KW  - Civilization
KW  -  Modern	Progress	
KW  - Quality of life
N1  - https://www.penguin.com.au/books/enlightenment-now-9780141979090
N2  - If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred and irrationality. Yet, as Steven Pinker shows, if you follow the trendlines, you discover that our lives have become longer, healthier, safer and more prosperous - not just in the West, but worldwide. Such progress is no accident: it's the gift of a coherent value system that many of us embrace without even realizing it
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