Description or summary of the book: `It's just a brute fact that we don't throw virgins into volcanoes any more. We don't execute people for shoplifting a cabbage. And we used to.' -Steven Pinker`The idea that because things have gotten better in the past they will continue to do so in the future is a fallacy I would have thought confined to the lower reaches of Wall Street.' -Malcolm GladwellIn a world driven by technology and globalization, is humanity approaching a Golden Age or is the notion of progress a Western delusion? Four of the world's most renowned thinkers take on one of the biggest debates of the modern era...
Estimated reading time (average reader): 7H30M8S
Other categories, genre or collection: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & Political Philosophy, Society & Culture: General, Politics & Government
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