Pessimism and Human Progress
Pessimism is rampant despite great progress in human flourishing. Steven Pinker discusses reasons why and the implications.
Pessimism is rampant despite great progress in human flourishing. Steven Pinker discusses reasons why and the implications.
So, is J.J. Abrams getting his way over at Disney or what? It has already been revealed he needed some arm twisting to drop the zomg-everyone's-talking-about-it teaser trailer for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," and we figured the movie might be on radio silence at least until closer to debut of the next trailer, reportedly in front of "The Avengers: Age Of Ultron" in the spring. We were wrong. Today comes with details on some of the character names in the movie courtesy of EW, and don't worry, there... Читать дальше...
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