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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows…: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life by Steven Pinker examines the concept of common knowledge. Mr. Pinker is a Canadian thinker, scientist, psychologist and author.
- 384 pages
- Publisher : Scribner
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 1668011573
My rating for When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows… – 4
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Thoughts:
I’ve never read a book by Mr. Pinker, but I saw him on TV promoting this book and was impressed with the way he explains complex ideas. He also didn’t seem like a bullshitter, and has facts to backup everything he says.
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows… by Steven Pinker is one of those books that makes you think. I don’t pretend to understand everything in the book, but I understood most of it and the rest are topics I’m still thinking about.
Mr. Pinker agrees with, and gives credit to, Yuval Noah Harari that fictional stories can make millions of people work towards a common goal. These powerful narratives became even more powerful as technology made it easier and easier to communicate and spread the common goal.
I had to go back and read some sections, not that it wasn’t interesting but some examples needed to be read much more carefully and keep several thoughts in my head in order to follow them. It wasn’t always easy and I wasn’t always successful, but it was a great brain exercise if nothing else.
The most interesting aspect of this book is the exploration of social knowledge and its dynamics. This was the first book I read by the Mr. Pinker, so I can’t compare it to his other books but I’ll look forward to reading more.
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