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‘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 Gladwell

In 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…

Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead?

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‘It’s just a brute fact that we don’t throw virgins into volcanoes any more. We don’t execute people for shoplifting... Read more

    Publisher: Oneworld Publications
    Publication Date: 03/11/2016
    ISBN13: 9781786070760, 978-1786070760
    ISBN10: 1786070766

    Number of Pages: 128

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    ‘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 Gladwell

    In 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…

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