In a new book, the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker argues that an awareness that everyone knows what you know is a powerful driver of human social life. By Dennis Duncan Readers react to Steven ...

Pinker argues that this layered awareness—knowing that others know that you know—binds societies together and, at times, tears them apart. From cooperation and civility to hypocrisy and moral outrage, ...

One of the world's top thinkers and writers Steven Pinker is visiting New Zealand and is holding an event in Auckland on Monday. His new book is: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows. It explores ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steven Pinker has sold more than two million books and has twice been nominated for a Pulitzer - Geoff Pugh When Steven Pinker ...

In Hans Christian Andersen's folktale, The Emperor's New Clothes, when a child cries out that the emperor is naked, he isn't revealing a secret. Everyone already knows it. What changes in that instant ...

Does a love of reading as a child lay the foundation for a productive life? These great minds of our time are connected by their passion for children's books. Yes, The World Is Improving–But That ...