STEVEN PINKER & MICHAEL SHERMER! Artificial Intelligence, Enlightenment & Skepticism 

Pinker is pals with creeps like Bill Gates and Epstein. He also spouts absolute garbage about everything being better today. He’s a shill for corporate overlord think tank garbage.

Yes, he's compromised rational skepticism of late....too.

I'd be happy for either of them to be leaders of modern democracies given the candidate reality. Ring in the age of the philosopher king/queen whatever, I say (for all the imperfections on offer it has to better than the Big Dumb we keep elevating to the corridors of power).

They both have great but flawed minds like most people. There’s really good arguments against Pinker’s theory that everything is getting better. He does a lot of cherry picking. There’s some really good RU-vid channels that comb through all of his “evidence”. UnlearningEconomics and Wisecrack are a couple good places to start if interested in hearing those arguments.

The word is xenophobia.

What the crap are you saying lol

I think you miss his main thesis. The political and social dynamic in the west is overwhelmingly negative, yet we live in the most affluent and peaceful period in human history. He writes to remind us of the progress we have made, the good things that exist, and how we have reason to believe in a positive future. He is not trying to pretend that we do not have problems or that everyone enjoys the fruits of our relative collective success. I think you should read two of his books in particular "The better angels of our nature" and "Enlightenment Now".

He has backed up everything with verified facts and solid sources.

Please tell us what he's gotten wrong, specifically.

Or it could be you.