All of the things that ... have made the world measurably a better place.”Why did Trump think Charlie Kirk was such a great American? Pinker said it’s not obvious there is common knowledge about Trump, because people are so divided about him. I asked Pinker about his “friends on the right” (his term) who tell him they can’t trust climate science because opposing views are cancelled. Those friends are effectively positioning themselves as Galileo standing against the “church” of climate science. Steven Pinker: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows: Common Knowledge and the Science of Harmony, Hypocrisy and Outrage (Allen Lane, $45).

Source: New Zealand Herald December 19, 2025 20:34 UTC