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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Authored by Steven Pinker
Narrated by Arthur Morey

0:00 Intro
0:03 Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
0:52 Preface
7:01 1. How Rational an Animal?
10:52 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it help us understand why there is so much irrationality in the world? Steven Pinker, author of  Enlightenment Now (Bill Gates’s "new favorite book of all time”) answers all the questions here
 

Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding––and also appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that developed vaccines for Covid–19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, medical quackery, and conspiracy theorizing?
 
Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are simply irrational––cavemen out of time saddled with biases, fallacies, and illusions. After all, we discovered the laws of nature, lengthened and enriched our lives, and set out the benchmarks for rationality itself.  We actually think in ways that are sensible in the low–tech contexts in which we spend most of our lives, but fail to take advantage of the powerful tools of reasoning we’ve discovered over the millennia: logic, critical thinking, probability, correlation and causation, and optimal ways to update beliefs and commit to choices individually and with others. These tools are not a standard part of our education, and have never been presented clearly and entertainingly in a single book––until now.
  
Rationality also explores its opposite: how the rational pursuit of self–interest, sectarian solidarity, and uplifting mythology can add up to crippling irrationality in a society. Collective rationality depends on norms that are explicitly designed to promote objectivity and truth.
  
Rationality matters. It leads to better choices in our lives and in the public sphere, and is the ultimate driver of social justice and moral progress. Brimming with Pinker’s customary insight and humor, Rationality will enlighten, inspire, and empower.


This audiobook includes a PDF of charts and graphs.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two–time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the winner of many awards for his research, teaching, and books, he has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and named one of Time‘s 100 Most Influential People and one of Foreign Policy‘s 100 Leading Global Thinkers. His books include The Blank Slate, The Stuff of Thought, The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Sense of Style, and Enlightenment Now.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

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Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio
Published on: September 28, 2021
ISBN: 9781984843555
Duration: 11 hr, 19 min
Genres: Psychology / Social Psychology, Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory