Author and academic Steven Pinker is a big believer in global progress, and he has the data to back it up. A graph of literacy rates around the world steadily climbing, and another of deaths by famine ...

It might seem like the world is getting worse and worse. But psychologist Steven Pinker says that across the board, data suggests we've made a lot... Steven Pinker: Can Numbers Show Us That Progress ...

Psychologist Steven Pinker describes how far we've come in understanding how both nature and nurture make us ... us. How Do Nature And Nurture Combine To Make Us Who We Are? Part 2 of the TED Radio ...

Is life today better than ever before? Does the data bear that out? This hour, TED speakers explore the stories we tell with numbers — and whether those stories portray the full picture. Guests ...

Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given events in Darfur and Syria, we are living in the ...

I don't know you well, Dr. Steven Pinker, though I probably should. Your résumé is impressive: You're a professor of psychology at Harvard University, with specialties including visual cognition and ...

Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode The Story Behind The Numbers. About Steven Pinker's TED Talk It might seem like the world is getting worse and worse. But psychologist Steven Pinker says that ...