COMMON KNOWLEDGE: Steven Pinker on Awkward Dates, Cancel Culture and the Necessity of Norms
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I'm Rufus Griscomb, and I'm Caleb Bissinger. And this is the next big idea. Today, Stephen Pinker on the surprising ways that common knowledge, what I know, that you know, that I know, that we know, shapes our world. Good morning, Caleb. Morning, Rufus.
How are ya? Pretty good, man. I thought it'd be fun to introduce this episode together because, full disclosure, no surprise to you, Steven Pinker has been a bit of an intellectual hero for me for some time. His book, The Blank Slate, which came out in 2002, was one of a small number of books that profoundly impacted my view of the world. All right, so I'm here to just keep your fanboy instincts in check.
Among other reasons, you know, you make other contributions. I mean, something we aspire to do on this show is share all sides of the arguments of our day. And it helps that you and I don't agree. on everything. That's true.
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