Thursday, March 22, 2018
Review: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Good book. Data is consistent. Sometimes strawmans the pessimistic attitude. No steelmanning the pessimistic attitude whatsoever. Will probably not convince people who are pessimistic, but will remind optimists/moderates about what is going on.
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