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Enlightenment Now

the Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Mar 14, 2018danatdanbullardcom rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I was really looking forward to reading this book, because I love everything else Pinker writes, but this one was a bit disappointing. I regret that I couldn't finish it, mostly because Pinker elevates Obama to godhood and constantly trashes Trump for using the "backward looking phrase" Make America Great Again. Trump so far has done a good job of doing it (In 8 years Obama never had more than 2% growth in GDP and claimed that we would never see it higher than that for the rest of eternity, Trump got it up to 3% in his first year.) Being a new book it obeys the Kawasaki rule (all new books are rife with errors) where on page 45 he says: "The statement x>y is different from the statement y=o" I'm certain that he meant y=0 (zero) not y=o, but I can forgive that minor typo. What I can't forgive is his constant criticism of those of us on the Right.