Enlightenment Now

Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now — a data-driven toolkit for understanding how Enlightenment ideals (reason, science, humanism, progress) have made the world better and why pessimism about the future is statistically wrong. Covers 6 use cases: ① Understanding the case for progress — ("is the world getting better" "global progress data" "poverty decline" "violence decline" "why pessimists are wrong") ② Defending Enlightenment values — ("reason vs tribalism" "science vs superstition" "humanism vs identity politics" "progress vs nostalgia") ③ Countering modern pessimism — ("why people think things are worse" "negativity bias" "availability cascade" "media distortion") ④ Understanding global health and wealth trends — ("global poverty statistics" "life expectancy gains" "democracy spread" "education progress") ⑤ The limits of anti-Enlightenment critiques — ("postmodernism critique" "romanticism vs reason" "Green movement skepticism" "anti-science movements") ⑥ Applying data to current debates — ("climate change and progress" "AI and the future" "populism and reason" "evidence-based policy") Trigger when users say: "enlightenment now" "Steven Pinker" "is the world getting better" "progress" "global statistics" "pinker data" "better angels" "why people are pessimistic" "decline of violence" "science and humanism" "reason and progress" or mention: Steven Pinker / Enlightenment Now / global progress / humanism / reason / science / Better Angels / rationality / data-driven optimism. Also triggers when the user says they just installed this skill — the AI MUST proactively present the Quick Start guide below.

by @heardlyapp (Heardly)·MIT-0