01143cam a2200265 i 4500 1056133433 TxAuBib 20180219120000.0 180219s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780525427575 0525427570 KHPB566 TxAuBib rda Pinker, Steven. Enlightenment Now. Enlightenment Now: the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress. New York, N.Y. : Penguin, 2018. 556 p.; 24.5 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Is the world really falling apart? Is the idea of progress obsolete? In this assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist Pinker urges us to step back from the lurid headlines and prophecies of doom, which bring out the worst of our psychological biases. Instead, he shows us that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace and knowledge are on the rise. 20180219. Social conditions. Social conflict.