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Steven Pinker on Coordination, Common Knowledge, and the Retreat of Liberal Enlightenment

Conversations with Tyler

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Common Pretenses and Benign Hypocrisy in Society

Pinker discusses genteel hypocrisies and diplomatic pretense (paper bags, Taiwan, Israel) as useful common pretenses.

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