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Enlightenment Now

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  • “Why should I live?” The student’s ingenuous tone made it clear that she was neither suicidal nor sarcastic
    • Note - Page 3
    • Ok its clear that alot of these notes i just want as marks to come back to, and i possess 0 interesting insight
  • As we saw with climate change, people may be likelier to acknowledge a problem when they have reason to think it is solvable than when they are terrified into numbness and helplessness. 88
    • Note - Page 311
    • This is so important to recognize
  • CHAPTER 20: THE FUTURE OF PROGRESS
    • In most times and places, homicides kill far more people than wars, and homicide rates have been falling as well. Americans are half as likely to be murdered as they were two dozen years ago. In the world as a whole, people are seven- tenths as likely to be murdered as they were eighteen years ago.
      • Note - Page 323
      • Summary of progress
Enlightenment Now