Earlier this year, Stephen Pinker's latest book Enlightenment Now rocked my world. It changes the way you look at the news and the world around in general. Here is the first half of his book distilled down to a TED Talk given earlier this year in Vancouver, BC.
Enjoy a nice uplifting message to kick off your week:
Was 2017 really the "worst year ever," as some would have us believe? In his analysis of recent data on homicide, war, poverty, pollution and more, psychologist Steven Pinker finds that we're doing better now in every one of them when compared with 30 years ago.