Psychology
Steven Pinker
Fact Bombing
Cognitive psychologist and
author of The Language Instinct, The Blank Slate, The Better Angels of Our
Nature, and many more
Lesson Plan
- Lesson Length : 3 Lessons ㆍ 45 miutes
- Language : 한국어, English
The truth of the world, explained through the data
Is the world getting worse? Steven Pinker takes on the challenge of fixing our misconceptions about the world. He is a 21st century’s enlightenment thinker and reads the world through data and objective facts.
We assume the world is getting worse as we’re bombarded with news of the worst accidents and scandals every day. However, contrary to what we’re presented in the news, Pinker tells us that the world is actually getting better. Steven Pinker advises us to get away from our psychological biases and listen to the objective data that’s out there.
In Lecture One, “Is the World Getting Worse?,” we look into the reality of the world with data that relates to longevity, wealth, peace, freedom, human rights, and even the COVID-19 pandemic.In Lecture Two, “Bad News that Seduces Us,” we talk about the psychological reasons we are drawn to the negative news and how to not be overly consumed by it.
In Lecture Three, “The Reason We are Drawn to the Violence,” we study how humans can live together peacefully by understanding our basic violent instincts and how to effectively control them.
Full Bio
Steven Pinker
- Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World (2004)
- Foreign Policy’s 100 Top Public Intellectuals (2005)
- American Humanist Association’s Humanist of the Year (2006)
- Twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
- The Language Instinct, The Blank Slate, The Better Angels of Our Nature, etc.
Steven Pinker is a Canadian evolutionary
psychologist and professor at Harvard University who has written many scientific
books that make science easy to understand for all. Early in his career, his focus
was on language and linguistic development. His first book for the general public
was The Language Instinct, which covers all aspects of language based on the
language’s biological adaptation.
Steven Pinker’s earlier works
can be divided into a language trilogy and a mind trilogy. Now that his language
and the mind series are finished, he has started working on an enlightenment series.
His books for the general public are all bestsellers, including The Language
Instinct, The Blank Slate, and The Better Angels of Our Nature.
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