A Critique of “Enlightenment Now”: When Truth and Reason Are No Longer Enough
theatlantic.com
theatlantic.com
"Pinker’s book doesn’t include one notably pessimistic set of graphs" - the one that shows the declining number of local relationships. The lack of true local connections might make cheap substitutes attractive, such as ones nation or ones race. The book offers nothing there, "but thinking about families may be able to inform liberalism in a deeper way."