The Resource Do humankind's best days lie ahead? : Pinker and Ridley vs. De Botton and Gladwell : the munk debates, edited by Rudyard Griffiths
Do humankind's best days lie ahead? : Pinker and Ridley vs. De Botton and Gladwell : the munk debates, edited by Rudyard Griffiths
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- Summary
- "Progress. It is one of the animating concepts of the modern era. From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This process is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual freedoms, and the spread of global norms empower individuals and societies around the world. But is progress inevitable? Its critics argue that human civilization has become different, not better, over the last two and a half centuries. What is seen as a breakthrough or innovation in one period becomes a setback or limitation in another. In short, progress is an ideology not a fact; a way of thinking about the world as opposed to a description of reality. In the seventeenth semi-annual Munk Debates, which was held in Toronto on November 6, 2015, pioneering cognitive scientist Steven Pinker and best-selling author Matt Ridley squared off against noted philosopher Alain de Botton and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell to debate whether humankind's best days lie ahead, "--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 111 pages
- Contents
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- Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead?
- Pre-Debate Interviews with Rudyard Griffiths
- Post-Debate Commentary
- Isbn
- 9781487001681
- Label
- Do humankind's best days lie ahead? : Pinker and Ridley vs. De Botton and Gladwell : the munk debates
- Title
- Do humankind's best days lie ahead?
- Title remainder
- Pinker and Ridley vs. De Botton and Gladwell : the munk debates
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Rudyard Griffiths
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Progress. It is one of the animating concepts of the modern era. From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This process is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual freedoms, and the spread of global norms empower individuals and societies around the world. But is progress inevitable? Its critics argue that human civilization has become different, not better, over the last two and a half centuries. What is seen as a breakthrough or innovation in one period becomes a setback or limitation in another. In short, progress is an ideology not a fact; a way of thinking about the world as opposed to a description of reality. In the seventeenth semi-annual Munk Debates, which was held in Toronto on November 6, 2015, pioneering cognitive scientist Steven Pinker and best-selling author Matt Ridley squared off against noted philosopher Alain de Botton and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell to debate whether humankind's best days lie ahead, "--Amazon.com
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- Issued also in electronic format.
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- Dewey number
- 303.44
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HM891
- LC item number
- .D64 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- 1954-
- 1963-
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- De Botton, Alain
- Pinker, Steven
- Ridley, Matt
- Griffiths, Rudyard
- Gladwell, Malcolm
- Series statement
- The Munk debates
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- Progress
- Civilization
- Forecasting
- Social prediction
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- Do humankind's best days lie ahead? : Pinker and Ridley vs. De Botton and Gladwell : the munk debates, edited by Rudyard Griffiths
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- Contents
- Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? -- Pre-Debate Interviews with Rudyard Griffiths -- Post-Debate Commentary
- Control code
- 1693648
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- viii, 111 pages
- Isbn
- 9781487001681
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- (Sirsi) 1693648
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- Do humankind's best days lie ahead? : Pinker and Ridley vs. De Botton and Gladwell : the munk debates, edited by Rudyard Griffiths
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- Contents
- Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? -- Pre-Debate Interviews with Rudyard Griffiths -- Post-Debate Commentary
- Control code
- 1693648
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- viii, 111 pages
- Isbn
- 9781487001681
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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