In a sense, human beings are constantly playing games with one another. Whether finding one’s place in the pecking order, ...
Steven Pinker, the eminent linguist and psychologist, muses on what happens when knowledge is, or isn’t, shared.
Today's guest is Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker. Pinker and Reason's Nick Gillespie discuss recent shifts at Harvard toward greater institutional neutrality and free speech, while warning that ...
Steven Pinker’s new book When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows makes a compelling case for common knowledge. Shame the ...
Talk may be cheap, and actions may speak louder than words. Nevertheless, rhetoric matters. It arouses passions, noble and base. It frames issues, clarifies stakes, defines missions, and directs ...
Portrait by Simon SimardIn recent years, Steven Pinker, the celebrated Harvard professor of psychology, has become almost as well known for the controversies he triggers as for the bestselling books ...
Renowned Harvard Professor Steven Pinker took President Donald Trump to task in a scathing essay in the New York Times over the president’s ongoing attacks on Harvard University, including his recent ...
The professor has been critical of DEI and wokeness at Harvard for years. But now, he's defending the university against Trump’s attacks.