Professor Steven Pinker argues that the world is always just a better place. It’s hard to believe in the midst of a corona pandemic and war. HS met a scientific public in California and asked if he still believed his controversial claim.
With Steven Pinker is an idea that annoys many but which this Harvard University celebrity professor has tirelessly defended in recent years.
The argument is: the world is moving in a better direction.
Where the intelligentsia usually speaks very critically about the state of the world, Pinker wants to emphasize in his books and public speeches all the progress that humanity has made.
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