these kind of one-liner political shows are horrible set ups for academics...it was the same thing with jordan peterson - that setting just doesn't work to explore and elaborate on complex ideas, thats why i prefer the long term format for these kinds of discussions
Oskar Ström A man that thinks carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are going down ain't that smart. Also, the damage we have inflicted on the environment and biodiversity is unimaginable. The price is not worth it and we better change the way we measure progress. The rain forests are being cut down. The water, both fresh and ocean, is polluted heavily. Plastic use has done damage to ocean life. Use of insecticides and antibiotics destroying the eco system. The proliferation of slams and mega cities that are actually food deserts and filled with pollution and carcinogens. The disintegration of family and social life where people don't care as much for their fellow neighbours and the aged. To top it all, the concentration of money and power into fewer hands.
global carbon emissions are actually beginning to plateau, and will likely fall due to efforts outlined in the paris agreement. who are you to say he's not smart? if you are that concerned about deforestation, water degradation, and antibiotic use I hope you're vegan ;)
M. Fink That is patently false. There are more vehicles running on fossil fuels today. More electricity being produced by burning coal, natural gus or biomass. More freight either air, land or sea. More traveling. More consumption of goods that require electricity to be produced, transported and preserved. The Fukushima nuclear accident has resulted in the switching off of many nuclear power plants especially in western Europe and Japan that has resulted in more electricity being produced by burning fossil fuels. I can go on and on. Maybe try to put up a link to your point.
mori ko *beginning to plateau* That's vague. The charts of carbon emmision have steadily been going up for over a century now. *will likely fall* That's the hope. But that has yet to happen. Pinker is wrong on that. *who are you to say he is not smart* Where did I say that? I was responding to the comment on top that classified him as one of the smartest people. Clearly being wrong on something as basic as carbon emissions and the environmental damage just to reach this very unqual state of existence where the richest 100 humans have more wealth and will continue to do so under the system than half of all inhabitants is a disappointment for a suposedly one of the smartest dudes.
Because if he let Pinker speak much more the truths that he would share would rock the worlds of many of the guests and audience members. It was already happening if you watched the show as it was originally aired.
Angelo De Boni Dave Rubin sucks. Maher is awful and strokes his own ego very regularly, but Rubin does it every time he opens his mouth and lumps himself in with minds that are way out of his league and who I suspect really want nothing from him besides his mediocre platform.
Pinker has the unique ability to convince you through well reasoned arguments derived from objective data that Western civilization is always improving yet you still leave the conversation needing a shot of whiskey.
I loves this line in futurama when Fry says he’s glad climate change never happened and Leela responded “actually it did, but nuclear winter canceled it out.”
If we have the universal constructor (a self replicating 3D printer or "artificial plant"). You can battle global warming quickly, terraforming Mars, as well as giving you tons of energy when it creates wind and solar harvesters, and tons of houses and stuff when its used to build things. People don't understand the ridiculousness of exponential growth, 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1k 2k..., in 40 generations is one quadrillion.
Fun fact: Steven Pinker was the first member inducted into the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club For Scientists. (Not kidding.) Another fun fact: Steven Pinker was one of the first people ever to have their genome sequenced. He was informed that he had a genetic disposition toward male pattern baldness.
The confusion between points Bill and DL were saying and Pinker's points is the perspective. Pinker has stepped back and looked at the broader picture, whereas Bill and then DL were looking at specifics. [The same mistake made with weather and climate change.] But the screaming people in the audience actually makes this show very difficult to bear.
Yeah, of course they agree, Bill said as such from the start. And since is Bill's quick on the uptake he got Pinker's point. But that wasn't what was happening for most of that important discussion, which I wish had gone longer.
Bill's no idiot. He may be a comedian, but he is extremely well-informed, as is his audience. Climate change is an extremely complex issue, and he would be doing viewers a disservice by simply agreeing with everything Pinker said. From reading the comments on this video, I see that pretty much everyone thought Pinker should have had longer to speak, but that's not the format of this show. Guests are brought out to promote their books, and the audience benefits by being introduced to writers they may not be familiar with. I actually had never heard of Pinker, and now I'm going to listen to all of his lectures, of which there are plenty on YT. Just the fact that Pinker is a guest on Real Time lets me know he's worthy of a listen.
*Invites public intellectual knowledgeable, informed and in possession of statistics and scientific studies* Doesn't let him speak for longer than one half a sentence...
Steven Pinker has something significant to say on, as far as I know so far reading one of his books now & having listened to many of his lectures & interviews, just about all of the points Bill Maher makes. In agreement with many comments here; it's a shame Steven Pinker didn't get to say more here. He definitely gets my vote. I think Bill Maher gets my vote also!
My intellectual hero...Pinkert. It is unreal that some young people dismiss him and his contributions. But then that very same group will sit down tonight and watch the Kardashians. What a disgrace that my country has become so anti-science. Btw Bill, either let this man speak, or give him a longer segment.
Clapping generally shows approval of something, I'm more concerned about those die-hard-downers that clapped for nukes and pollution! People might say those People are realists but I'd argue they're so conditioned by big-media that negativity and pessimism has become such a strong part of their nature, that their ego is defending it.
Balance is certainly important... but while good news is nice to hear, it doesn't require attention the way bad news does. We hear about bad news more often, not only because it sells better... but also because it's the news that needs something done about. When the plumber comes, you don't give him a tour of all the fixtures that work... you take him to the toilet spewing crap all over the bathroom.
New Message Bad news is diaster porn, infotainment, it's not there for people to do something about it, research shows people get empathy fatigue, so all this news is doing is desensitizing people, making them more apathetic.
Lava Lover maybe not what we've been doing is working, but what we've been doing has worked to get us to this point, and it would be good for us to understand why it has worked and why it may not be working very well anymore and into the future. What we've been doing is what the developing world is doing to get itself out of poverty. Our growth in the first world is slowing down but that doesn't mean that what got us here was wrong! What got us here was absolutely necessary and we need to continue to learn from that and develop new policies for the future
Jonathan Olson, I don't know if I agree that what we've done to this point was absolutely necessary. There are many ways things could have been done better, e.g. paying workers fair wages instead of slavery, taking care of the environment all along instead of trying to fix the disaster we now face, allowing women to vote earlier, not forcing children to work in lieu of an education (still happening today), there are tons of examples. The capitalist system only functions on inequality, and externalized costs aim to negate damage done to the environment. Much slower growth would have been far better, IMO
There is a reason why people don't realise things are better today than at any time in the past: negativity bias. Basically, your average person is more naturally inclined to ponder what went wrong, rather than what goes right.
Hughley was annoying during the whole show. He used every opportunity to dumb down the conversation just so he could insert part of his stand up routine.
THANK YOU for saying this. While watching I was going nuts in response to his "black people black people black people (now insert not funny joke based on "racism.")"
On climate change NEVER EVER did I ever have maggots in my house. Except for this year, that heat on the garbage in my kitchen gave me loads of maggots!!! Garbage pickup is only once a week.
I'd love it if Bill would have just let Professor Pinker actually talk for a little while. I know it's his show, but I really wish he'd be more generous with the floor when he has a guest.
@kerpal3 amazon is a bad example. Some industries like cable and drug companies use regulations to create monopolies which is why gov should be kept small and out of the market.
Pinker's underlying goal is to provide a counter voice to shows like Real Time, which perpetuate negativity much like all news outlets, and in doing so Maher managed to speak over him with pure negativity - the irony is uncanny.
Exactly! The constant negative conditioning by big-media could top even nukes and polution, because problems wont be fixed by those who are conditioned to be negative, desensitized to tragedy, and feel hopeless, after every news broadcast.
It is a contest between Bill and Chris Matthews on MSNBC as to who dominates the conversation most during interviews. Both of them clearly like the sound of their respective voices.
Pinker correctly countered that it would take a lot more than one or two small nuclear bombs to destroy the planet. The destructive power of the human nuclear arsenal has been exaggerated because people sensibly want to avoid the large loss of life and destruction. The planet would survive it.
I wish someone with a backbone would say to one of these progressive morons "lets not keep on trying to divert every single topic back to this RIDICULOUSLY oversimplified one-dimensional omnipotent bogeyman"
This segment highlights the biggest problem with the format of this show. Interesting guests with interesting things to say are given very little airtime and then Bill and his guest panel talk over them, many times reiterating things they've already said with no direct bearing on the topic. This could be solved by (1)letting the guest speak, (2) A more 1:1 format for such guests (3) the guest panel could be sent the book or a briefing on it beforehand to allow for a decent discussion.
Many many improvements without a doubt. At the same time there are so many interconnected dependencies across the world now with food, trade, resources and power supplies that things seem more fragile at the same time. Any problem can have a massive ripple effect.
Bring on an optimist, don’t let him speak. Come on Bill!!!! Assuming the vast majority of your viewers are not going to read Pinker’s book, you should actually let him be speak for more than 15 second increments.
I completely agree with Pinker in general terms. The problem for me is his tendency to don't accept exceptions to his rules. The fact is the man never had the ability to destroy the full world as now has, even the violence in general has indeed decreased. He should integrate that concept in his general theory in a more elegant way. He does something similar in the blank slate book when he denies the influence of the parents to a great extend. Yes, parents are only a fragment, and probably not the biggest of what will become the personality of the children but he minimizes their importance too much.
Brilliant, deft work by Bill who eviscerates Pinker swiftly and thoroughly with his two points: nukes and pollution - all the while leaving Pinker to think it was a friendly interview. Among Bill's best interviews.
I like how the entitled black guy didn't want to believe anything Pinker had to say, he could feel his victim-hood credits dissolving away, so he took over Pinker's time with pointless stories, good thing they cut it out. Pinker should have been the interview guest.
Are we not taxed enough? Income tax, social security tax(because they are never going to give us our money back), gasoline tax, sales tax, property tax, and now a carbon tax? Who is going to pay for that? And how is that exactly going to solve the problem? The carbon tax is just going to hurt the poor and middle class. Not only will the corporations pass their carbon taxes to the consumers, but those same consumers will be taxed for their every day normal activities. So the carbon tax will be a double slap in the face to the most vulnerable in this country. How can anyone be on board with this?
It would have been good if he let Steven speak.
gammarayburst That's called Rekt btw.
Par for the course. I like Bill, but he's a woeful interviwer.
Yeah, STFU, Bill. We hear you every week; let Pinker speak.
Ikr! And he also seemed so sweet
these kind of one-liner political shows are horrible set ups for academics...it was the same thing with jordan peterson - that setting just doesn't work to explore and elaborate on complex ideas, thats why i prefer the long term format for these kinds of discussions
You invite one of the smartest, most eloquent public thinkers in the world and you don't let him speak.
Oskar Ström
A man that thinks carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are going down ain't that smart.
Also, the damage we have inflicted on the environment and biodiversity is unimaginable. The price is not worth it and we better change the way we measure progress.
The rain forests are being cut down. The water, both fresh and ocean, is polluted heavily. Plastic use has done damage to ocean life. Use of insecticides and antibiotics destroying the eco system. The proliferation of slams and mega cities that are actually food deserts and filled with pollution and carcinogens. The disintegration of family and social life where people don't care as much for their fellow neighbours and the aged.
To top it all, the concentration of money and power into fewer hands.
mudr kk
They have gone down though
global carbon emissions are actually beginning to plateau, and will likely fall due to efforts outlined in the paris agreement. who are you to say he's not smart? if you are that concerned about deforestation, water degradation, and antibiotic use I hope you're vegan ;)
M. Fink
That is patently false.
There are more vehicles running on fossil fuels today. More electricity being produced by burning coal, natural gus or biomass.
More freight either air, land or sea. More traveling.
More consumption of goods that require electricity to be produced, transported and preserved.
The Fukushima nuclear accident has resulted in the switching off of many nuclear power plants especially in western Europe and Japan that has resulted in more electricity being produced by burning fossil fuels.
I can go on and on.
Maybe try to put up a link to your point.
mori ko
*beginning to plateau*
That's vague. The charts of carbon emmision have steadily been going up for over a century now.
*will likely fall*
That's the hope. But that has yet to happen. Pinker is wrong on that.
*who are you to say he is not smart*
Where did I say that?
I was responding to the comment on top that classified him as one of the smartest people.
Clearly being wrong on something as basic as carbon emissions and the environmental damage just to reach this very unqual state of existence where the richest 100 humans have more wealth and will continue to do so under the system than half of all inhabitants is a disappointment for a suposedly one of the smartest dudes.
Why invite someone and not let them speak. Love Bill but this sometimes blows my mind
Bill has lost his mojo, that's for sure.
Leon Horbach he does this allot tho. Opposite of Dave Robin @rubinreport who listens politely 😊
Because if he let Pinker speak much more the truths that he would share would rock the worlds of many of the guests and audience members. It was already happening if you watched the show as it was originally aired.
Angelo De Boni Dave Rubin sucks. Maher is awful and strokes his own ego very regularly, but Rubin does it every time he opens his mouth and lumps himself in with minds that are way out of his league and who I suspect really want nothing from him besides his mediocre platform.
Loved "Enlightenment Now", Pinker is an absolute beast of an intellectual!
Pinker has the unique ability to convince you through well reasoned arguments derived from objective data that Western civilization is always improving yet you still leave the conversation needing a shot of whiskey.
NUKE
I loves this line in futurama when Fry says he’s glad climate change never happened and Leela responded “actually it did, but nuclear winter canceled it out.”
And then there's the ep where they reveal they've been fighting global warming by taking comet ice to cool the ocean.
Genius show. Good right to the end, unlike Matt Groening's other show.
If we have the universal constructor (a self replicating 3D printer or "artificial plant"). You can battle global warming quickly, terraforming Mars, as well as giving you tons of energy when it creates wind and solar harvesters, and tons of houses and stuff when its used to build things. People don't understand the ridiculousness of exponential growth, 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1k 2k..., in 40 generations is one quadrillion.
YAY! Love professor Pinker!!!
Thanks for having him on Bill.
Top tier hair
I've heard that Dr Pinker's university bases his salary upon how many
pounds is hair weighs. "Here's to another 100k year!" :)
Dudes got the golden locks😂😂😂
Fun fact: Steven Pinker was the first member inducted into the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club For Scientists. (Not kidding.)
Another fun fact: Steven Pinker was one of the first people ever to have their genome sequenced. He was informed that he had a genetic disposition toward male pattern baldness.
The geniuses always have the best cuts: Gladwell, Einstein, Pinker, Kramer
for the good of humanity, Bill should let Steven talk
I love Steven Pinker!!!
Pinker is the breath of fresh air we deserve.
can you let him speak..
The confusion between points Bill and DL were saying and Pinker's points is the perspective. Pinker has stepped back and looked at the broader picture, whereas Bill and then DL were looking at specifics. [The same mistake made with weather and climate change.]
But the screaming people in the audience actually makes this show very difficult to bear.
I think if you listen again to 5:40 onward, you may see that Bill IS looking at the bigger picture, and Pinker agrees with him.
Yeah, of course they agree, Bill said as such from the start. And since is Bill's quick on the uptake he got Pinker's point. But that wasn't what was happening for most of that important discussion, which I wish had gone longer.
Bill's no idiot. He may be a comedian, but he is extremely well-informed, as is his audience. Climate change is an extremely complex issue, and he would be doing viewers a disservice by simply agreeing with everything Pinker said. From reading the comments on this video, I see that pretty much everyone thought Pinker should have had longer to speak, but that's not the format of this show. Guests are brought out to promote their books, and the audience benefits by being introduced to writers they may not be familiar with. I actually had never heard of Pinker, and now I'm going to listen to all of his lectures, of which there are plenty on YT. Just the fact that Pinker is a guest on Real Time lets me know he's worthy of a listen.
*Invites public intellectual knowledgeable, informed and in possession of statistics and scientific studies*
Doesn't let him speak for longer than one half a sentence...
I do love how pinker gives Bill slight corrections but still keeps the conversation going.
Pinker’s hair is too good.
This part of the show should have been labelled 'Monologue'.
Bill barely let Pinker speak
NUKE
Why does he bother having guests?
Pinker spoke plenty. You're just whining because Maher challenged Pinker.
Steven Pinker has something significant to say on, as far as I know so far reading one of his books now & having listened to many of his lectures & interviews, just about all of the points Bill Maher makes. In agreement with many comments here; it's a shame Steven Pinker didn't get to say more here. He definitely gets my vote. I think Bill Maher gets my vote also!
My intellectual hero...Pinkert. It is unreal that some young people dismiss him and his contributions. But then that very same group will sit down tonight and watch the Kardashians. What a disgrace that my country has become so anti-science. Btw Bill, either let this man speak, or give him a longer segment.
I love how they all applaud as if someone in the studio accomplished these things
Clapping generally shows approval of something, I'm more concerned about those die-hard-downers that clapped for nukes and pollution!
People might say those People are realists but I'd argue they're so conditioned by big-media that negativity and pessimism has become such a strong part of their nature, that their ego is defending it.
Bill...give the man a chance to speak ONE full sentence...please! Lol
Balance is certainly important... but while good news is nice to hear, it doesn't require attention the way bad news does. We hear about bad news more often, not only because it sells better... but also because it's the news that needs something done about.
When the plumber comes, you don't give him a tour of all the fixtures that work... you take him to the toilet spewing crap all over the bathroom.
New Message it's important to understand that what we've been doing is working so that we don't tear it down and restart
New Message Bad news is diaster porn, infotainment, it's not there for people to do something about it, research shows people get empathy fatigue, so all this news is doing is desensitizing people, making them more apathetic.
Jonathan Olson, Pinker is not saying that what we've been doing is working. Listen to 5:40 to the end.
Lava Lover maybe not what we've been doing is working, but what we've been doing has worked to get us to this point, and it would be good for us to understand why it has worked and why it may not be working very well anymore and into the future. What we've been doing is what the developing world is doing to get itself out of poverty. Our growth in the first world is slowing down but that doesn't mean that what got us here was wrong! What got us here was absolutely necessary and we need to continue to learn from that and develop new policies for the future
Jonathan Olson, I don't know if I agree that what we've done to this point was absolutely necessary. There are many ways things could have been done better, e.g. paying workers fair wages instead of slavery, taking care of the environment all along instead of trying to fix the disaster we now face, allowing women to vote earlier, not forcing children to work in lieu of an education (still happening today), there are tons of examples. The capitalist system only functions on inequality, and externalized costs aim to negate damage done to the environment. Much slower growth would have been far better, IMO
let him talk ffs
NUKE
There is a reason why people don't realise things are better today than at any time in the past: negativity bias. Basically, your average person is more naturally inclined to ponder what went wrong, rather than what goes right.
That's awesome. We need to hear more about the good news :)
Hughley was annoying during the whole show. He used every opportunity to dumb down the conversation just so he could insert part of his stand up routine.
Bastiano T. Yeah... I haven’t seen someone so wrong since Trump. He was shitty.
he was terrible indeed, not even funny in the slightest. And he could not fathom that shit was worse in the 70's.
Mark Wick and? That doesn't change the fact that he ruined conversations. Comedians are supposed to add hilarity to conversations, not ruin them.
THANK YOU for saying this. While watching I was going nuts in response to his "black people black people black people (now insert not funny joke based on "racism.")"
Pinker’s curls are poppin!
Yes, to know what Steven Pinker has to say, you must read his books. He's been writing for decades.
Pinker is amazing .... read his books
I always thought that the media didn't mention good news because it isn't click bait.
serenity now !
By far the most advanced human I follow. Study his work.
I know this is a side point but that run in the beginning was hilarious
Hans Rosling is turning in his grave. He was making these points for 20 years.
Bill why do you even invite Mr Pinker ? You just should put his picture on a table and go on with your monologue.
Shame you did not let him speak.
So glad Pinker finally showed up here
What was the point of Steven Pinker even appearing on this show? It is just a relentless rant from Bill.
democracy now is a better news source
11/10 hair my dude.
On climate change NEVER EVER did I ever have maggots in my house.
Except for this year, that heat on the garbage in my kitchen gave me loads of maggots!!! Garbage pickup is only once a week.
Keep food scraps in a container in the refrigerator until garbage day. Not ideal, but it's how I quelled a fruit fly invasion these past two weeks.
STEVEN PINKER HAS THE BEST HAIR IN SCIENCE.
Bill, why isn’t the American gun violence crisis mentioned on your list.
Bill, please shut up and let Pinker speak.
4:30 "WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF SAND???" lolololol
Bill I love you but you gotta let the guy speak some more.
NUKE
I'd love it if Bill would have just let Professor Pinker actually talk for a little while. I know it's his show, but I really wish he'd be more generous with the floor when he has a guest.
"Are you in favour...?"
Tough question to ask a politician right after that talk. Must be hard to say no after that setup.
Thank capitalist free markets for bringing people out of poverty
David Wong - And keeping them in it as impoverished nations provide cheap parts for iPhones.
+David Wong _"Thank capitalist free markets"_
Name one market in the US that can reasonably be called a 'free market?'
@kerpal3 if you dont like amazon competition is one click away.
@kerpal3 amazon is a bad example. Some industries like cable and drug companies use regulations to create monopolies which is why gov should be kept small and out of the market.
David Wong - Amazon uses its inordinate power to crush competition. Where is the competition?
The only thing that’s changed is access to information and immediacy of bad news reaching your hand.
Like every night show host Maher can't handle intellect. His nonstop babbling is just a symptom of his panic.
People want to hear him talk he should go on Rogan. This is an entertainment show. I like Bill butting in on talking heads. It's hilarious.
Pinker's underlying goal is to provide a counter voice to shows like Real Time, which perpetuate negativity much like all news outlets, and in doing so Maher managed to speak over him with pure negativity - the irony is uncanny.
Exactly! The constant negative conditioning by big-media could top even nukes and polution, because problems wont be fixed by those who are conditioned to be negative, desensitized to tragedy, and feel hopeless, after every news broadcast.
I’m so happy Bill said what he said at 5:24
Every time I see Pinker I just immediately picture him as an older Allen Kurzweil.
Hours opinion, like his hair, is amazing
the guy at the end lol
What's the point of a guest if Bill is the only one talking?
LET THE GUESTS SPEAK!
EXACTLY! That's why there are too many people.
Steven doing his best Fran Lebowitz
It is a contest between Bill and Chris Matthews on MSNBC as to who dominates the conversation most during interviews. Both of them clearly like the sound of their respective voices.
rainguynw Chis Matthews is worse.I can’t watch him.
I agree. Defeats the purpose.
Why having guests if you are not going to let them talk
That 90% is good, but the other 10% is what bothers me. Anything bad is still unacceptable.
Kudos to Bill Maher for asking the hard questions to Pinker! Awesome!
Pinker correctly countered that it would take a lot more than one or two small nuclear bombs to destroy the planet. The destructive power of the human nuclear arsenal has been exaggerated because people sensibly want to avoid the large loss of life and destruction. The planet would survive it.
Oh look libertarian fanboys have arrived!
shogun gaikwad I am against libertarianism, however Bill didn't make any relevant critiques of Steven.
Gorgeous head of hair. What I wouldn't give to have hair that full and healthy looking, clean and attractive!
If Bill Maher agreed with Steven Pinker his show will be over but its good he is inviting the right kind of guests.
I'm still living in 200years ago . I'm flat broke.
Էմմանուել Էզենվան Մեղր See but people in New Delhi live in poverty instead of extreme poverty so what do you know, Pinker is freeing you.
Էմմանուել Էզենվան Մեղր
You've obviously got internet though, so your probably better off all things considering.
And yet you have internet access
You people are talking about internet access like he has a T1 connection. It's 2018
Armenian letters and nigerian name?
OPTIMISM!
The people want to hear Pinker!
Cool monologue
Bill, let Steven talk.
lets blame everything on trump
I wish someone with a backbone would say to one of these progressive morons "lets not keep on trying to divert every single topic back to this RIDICULOUSLY oversimplified one-dimensional omnipotent bogeyman"
Okay 👍👍
This segment highlights the biggest problem with the format of this show. Interesting guests with interesting things to say are given very little airtime and then Bill and his guest panel talk over them, many times reiterating things they've already said with no direct bearing on the topic. This could be solved by (1)letting the guest speak, (2) A more 1:1 format for such guests (3) the guest panel could be sent the book or a briefing on it beforehand to allow for a decent discussion.
The EU is not breaking up, get your facts straight.
If we are afraid of change then we will always remain ignorant children. Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. (paraphrasing Sagan).
I wish they showed the part where he shuts down D.L. Hugley with facts and reason.
Dude has a haircut like he's from the actual Great Enlightenment 😂😂
let dr pinker speak geeeezzz
Sorry ....but till we have sustainable economies ....
Many many improvements without a doubt. At the same time there are so many interconnected dependencies across the world now with food, trade, resources and power supplies that things seem more fragile at the same time. Any problem can have a massive ripple effect.
Hey Bill , let the smart guy speak .
Jesus has Bill forgotten what it is to interview someone ffs shut up and listen for once!!!
definitely79 Bill can't help himself! He knows best!
Actually honeybees are recovering. It's native bees that are in trouble.
Oh, now that was hell of an interview...hey ?
Can Bill not get through a whole 5 minutes without saying the word Trump???
Yeah, sugar coating that's what we need. Get the guy with the pink eye glasses. I feel better already
Bring on an optimist, don’t let him speak.
Come on Bill!!!!
Assuming the vast majority of your viewers are not going to read Pinker’s book, you should actually let him be speak for more than 15 second increments.
Pinker is so much smarter than Maher and what he has to say is more important than the cheap jokes Maher is interrupting him with.
I completely agree with Pinker in general terms. The problem for me is his tendency to don't accept exceptions to his rules. The fact is the man never had the ability to destroy the full world as now has, even the violence in general has indeed decreased. He should integrate that concept in his general theory in a more elegant way.
He does something similar in the blank slate book when he denies the influence of the parents to a great extend. Yes, parents are only a fragment, and probably not the biggest of what will become the personality of the children but he minimizes their importance too much.
Brilliant, deft work by Bill who eviscerates Pinker swiftly and thoroughly with his two points: nukes and pollution - all the while leaving Pinker to think it was a friendly interview. Among Bill's best interviews.
why is it that more people in the world are committing suicide, especially those that don't live in extreme poverty?
Yay
I like how the entitled black guy didn't want to believe anything Pinker had to say, he could feel his victim-hood credits dissolving away, so he took over Pinker's time with pointless stories, good thing they cut it out. Pinker should have been the interview guest.
issue fatigue is not a thing if you have a comprehensive analysis
The best thing about this show is Bill. The worst thing about this show is also Bill.
And all that progress in our country is in large part due to regulations that Twitler is now tearing to pieces.
let him speak, Bill. Jeez
Are we not taxed enough? Income tax, social security tax(because they are never going to give us our money back), gasoline tax, sales tax, property tax, and now a carbon tax? Who is going to pay for that? And how is that exactly going to solve the problem? The carbon tax is just going to hurt the poor and middle class. Not only will the corporations pass their carbon taxes to the consumers, but those same consumers will be taxed for their every day normal activities. So the carbon tax will be a double slap in the face to the most vulnerable in this country. How can anyone be on board with this?
This is like the time bleeding gums Murphy guest starred on The Cosby Show
Great hair.