Joe Rogan Experience #1073 - Steven Pinker

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

February 4, 2018

Duration

2h 13m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and is known for his advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. His new book "Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress" will be released in February 2018.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Steven Pinker

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Steven Pinker, Joe Rogan Experience #1073 - Steven Pinker explores Steven Pinker Defends Enlightenment Optimism Amid Outrage, Tribal Politics Steven Pinker and Joe Rogan discuss how social media outrage, political correctness, and tribalism distort public discourse and suppress nuanced discussion on topics like gender differences and capitalism.

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