Steven Pinker Quotes

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Steven Pinker

Profession : Scientist

Birth : September 18, 1954

I'm very interested in language because it reflects our obsessions and ways of conceptualising the world.

Steven Pinker

Roads, better harnesses for horses, time-keeping devices, financial instruments like a currency that was recognized everywhere in the kingdom, enforceable contracts - all of this made commerce more appealing than plunder.

Steven Pinker

There is a correlation between economic inequality and personal violence. The explanation for the correlation isn't completely clear; there are a number of possibilities.

Steven Pinker