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101. Celebrating 100 People I (Mostly) Admire

People I (Mostly) Admire

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The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress

Stephen Pinker: Progress is a fact. It comes about as the result of people applying their ingenuity to reduce human suffering and increase human flourishing. He argues that we ought to deal with our problems by increasing our knowledge, trying to figure out how the world works through the use of reason. "I agree with literally every sentence in that book," says David Frum.

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