Author: Steven Pinker

Quotes

Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.

Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.

- Steven Pinker

There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization.

There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization.

- Steven Pinker

The art of photography is all about directing the attention of the viewer.

The art of photography is all about directing the attention of the viewer.

- Steven Pinker

Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.

Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.

- Steven Pinker

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