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In "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows," Pinker maps out how human beings can’t help but try to suss one another out.

Steven Pinker’s new book When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows makes a compelling case for common knowledge. Shame the ...

Steven Pinker, the eminent linguist and psychologist, muses on what happens when knowledge is, or isn’t, shared.

The professor has been critical of DEI and wokeness at Harvard for years. But now, he's defending the university against Trump’s attacks.

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Blowing up drug boats ignores core issues like demand and human complexity. Violence fuels retaliation and fails to resolve ideological or social conflict. Lasting solutions require moral reasoning, ...