[This one with Steven Pinker is quite sold out. Few walkups will make it in. Fortunately our LIVESTREAM <http://longnow.org/live/> for members has become really good—the slides are even better than in the theater, and--just like the theater audience--you can write questions that may get to the stage. I recommend it for any of these SALT talks or Interval Conversations <https://theinterval.org/salon-talks/>.]
The Enlightenment worked, says Steven Pinker. By promoting reason, science, humanism, progress, and peace, the programs set in motion by the 18th-Century intellectual movement became so successful we’ve lost track of what that success came from. Some even discount the success itself, preferring to ignore or deny how much better off humanity keeps becoming, decade after decade, in terms of health, food, money, safety, education, justice, and opportunity. This is the 21st Century, not the 18th, with different problems and different tools. What are Enlightenment values and programs for now? A psychology professor at Harvard, Steven Pinker is the author of: Enlightenment Now (2018); The Better Angels of Our Nature (2011); The Blank Slate (2002); How the Mind Works (1997); and The Language Instinct (1994) "A New Enlightenment," Steven Pinker, SFJAZZ Center, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, 7pm, Tuesday March 13. The show starts promptly at 7:30pm. • Seminar at SFJAZZ Center <http://www.sfjazz.org/visit/directions> 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 • Tune into the live stream <http://longnow.org/live/> for Long Now Members at 7:30 PT - become a member <https://longnow.org/membership/> for just $8 a month. Share this talk: Steven Pinker, "A New Enlightenment" Long Now talk on 3/13 https://goo.gl/zKaS4n <https://goo.gl/zKaS4n> Talks coming up: April 23 - Kishore Mahbubani, Has the West Lost It? Can Asia Save It? <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/apr/23/has-west-lost-it-can-asia-save-it/> May 22 - Benjamin Grant, Overview: Civilization in the Macroscope <http://longnow.org/seminars/02018/may/22/overview-earth-and-civilization-macroscope/> June 19 - Chris Thomas, Are We Initiating The Great Anthropocene Speciation Event? High-quality videos of the talks and other benefits (such as priority tickets) are available to Long Now members. Membership, which starts at $8/month ($96/year), helps support the series and other Long Now projects. Joinable here <https://longnow.org/membership/>. This is one of a monthly series of Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) organized by The Long Now Foundation. Free audio and my summaries of all previous talks are available for download here <http://longnow.org/seminars/> (or stay up to date with the podcast here <http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/>). You'll find a range of long-term thinking items on our Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> (RSS <http://feeds.feedburner.com/longnow>). If you would like to be notified by email (like this one) of forthcoming talks, go here <http://list.longnow.org/mailman/listinfo/salt> to sign up online. Any questions, contact Danielle Engelman at Long Now -- 415-561-6582 x1 <tel:415-561-6582%20x1> or danie...@longnow.org <mailto:danie...@longnow.org>. --Stewart Brand s...@longnow.org <mailto:s...@longnow.org> ---- The Long Now Foundation -- http://longnow.org/ <http://longnow.org/> Seminars & downloads -- http://longnow.org/seminars/ <http://longnow.org/seminars/> Interval Events -- http://theinterval.org/events/ <http://theinterval.org/events/> •Twitter <https://twitter.com/longnow> - up to the minute info on tickets and events •Long Now Blog <http://blog.longnow.org/> - daily updates on events and ideas •Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/longnow> - stay in touch through our fan page
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