It might seem like the world is getting worse and worse. But psychologist Steven Pinker says that across the board, data suggests we've made a lot... Steven Pinker: Can Numbers Show Us That Progress ...

Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical, we are living in... Is The World A Less Violent Place? Part 4 of the TED ...

Before boarding a flight to South Africa in 2013, Justine Sacco sent a sardonic joke to her 170 Twitter followers: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding—I’m white!” By the time her ...

Readers react to Steven Pinker’s essay on the Trump administration’s conflict with the university and its repercussions. The administration has accused the university of lacking viewpoint diversity.

AMES, Iowa – Will artificial intelligence render the human mind irrelevant? Acclaimed scientist and author Steven Pinker will answer that question when he presents the 2024 Goldtrap Lecture at Iowa ...

I don't know you well, Dr. Steven Pinker, though I probably should. Your résumé is impressive: You're a professor of psychology at Harvard University, with specialties including visual cognition and ...

The annoying irony is that I could never stand the guy, never took research funding from him, and always tried to keep my ...

Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given events in Darfur and Syria, we are living in the ...