Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker

My new favourite book of all time Bill Gates TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Is modernity really failing Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible If you follow the headlines the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos hatred and irrationality. Yet Steven Pinker shows that this is an illusion a symptom of historical amnesia and statistical fallacies. If you follow the trendlines rather than the headlines you discover that our lives have be Paperback softback