BEST OF THE GIST: Good News Edition
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we listen back to the Tuesday Spiel about a recent spate of really fabulous news that just gets drowned out by the steady drumbeat of negativity. Then we listen back to Mike's February 26, 2018 interview with Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, who argues that we've had a roughly 300-year run of steady improvements in technology, health, and civility, and that it just so happens that the only thing as constant as human progress is our tendency to focus on human shortcomings. Pinker's interview corresponded with the release of Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at [email protected] To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Show Notes
In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we listen back to the Tuesday Spiel about a recent spate of really fabulous news that just gets drowned out by the steady drumbeat of negativity. Then we listen back to Mike's February 26, 2018 interview with Harvard cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, who argues that we've had a roughly 300-year run of steady improvements in technology, health, and civility, and that it just so happens that the only thing as constant as human progress is our tendency to focus on human shortcomings. Pinker's interview corresponded with the release of Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress.
Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara
Email us at [email protected]
To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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