Enlightenment Now
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What’s it about?
A data-driven case for optimism, showing how reason, science, and humanism have dramatically improved the world—and why we must defend these ideals.
You’ll learn
- Human life expectancy has more than doubled
- Extreme poverty has fallen from 90% to under 10%
- We are living in the most peaceful era ever
- Progress is driven by knowledge, not chance