Is the human flourishment trite, old fashioned? Steven Pinker wrote an article outlying the historical bounds that we as humans accomplished during this period in history. He challenges the reader to acknowledge all of the creations and achievements that we have accomplished. "with a flick of a finger and waste disappears with another, pills that erase a painful infection", "the world's knowledge and culture available in a shirt pocket" shows how far humans have come and to not doubt the validity of our achievements to date. Acknowledging that we are in a period of unchartered expansions of academics, science, and freedom of our thoughts, regardless of the political stances governments take. " Enlightenment’s motto, he proclaimed, is “Dare to understand!” and its foundational demand is freedom of thought and speech". (Pinker) To know and understand the four themes of enlightenment is to help advance our societies to a new level which has already begun...
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