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c. Because collaborating with the team is taking too long www.SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com 5 Question 2: What is the first task they will discuss in the meeting? a. What the value proposition is b. Who is working on the project c. What the timeline will be Reading Read this section: Are things getting worse every day? Is progress an impossible goal? In “Enlightenment Now,” Steven Pinker looks at the big picture of human progress and finds good news. We are living longer, healthier, freer and happier lives. Pinker asks us to stop paying so much attention to negative headlines and news that declares the end of the world. Instead, he shows us some carefully selected data. In 75 surprising graphs, we see that safety, peace, knowledge and health are getting better all over the world. When the evidence does not support his argument, however, he dismisses it. Economic inequality, he claims, is not really a problem, because it is not actually that important for human well-being. One cannot help wondering how many people actually living in poverty would agree. The real problem, Pinker argues, is that the Enlightenment values of reason and science are under attack. When commentators and demagogues appeal to people's tribalism, fatalism and distrust, then we are in danger of causing irreparable damage to important institutions like democracy and world co-operation. Question 3: What does Steven Pinker think is not really important for human well-being? a. Safety, peace, knowledge, and health. b. Economic inequality c. Reason and science are under attack Question 4: What does Steven Pinker think we are in danger of? Download 132.89 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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