A review by nheredia
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker

4.0

This book reminds me A LOT of Factfulness by Hans Rosling. However, it’s been a while since I’ve read that, and after the last 2 years, this breath of positivity and the message that things are actually- on the aggregate- getting better was so nice. Sometimes the way Pinker makes an argument or dismisses a body of thought is not the most graceful (and definitely not always politically correct- but I believe thats being done purposefully) and sometimes I disagree and am even annoyed by how actively he tries to denigrate “the left” in the name of being fair to both sides, but on the whole a worthwhile read to help reframe the narrative around human progress and modern life.