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CONTENTS
ALSO BY STEVEN PINKER
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
LIST OF FIGURES
PREFACE
PART I: ENLIGHTENMENT
CHAPTER 1. DARE TO UNDERSTAND!
CHAPTER 2. ENTRO, EVO, INFO
CHAPTER 3. COUNTER-ENLIGHTENMENTS
PART II: PROGRESS
CHAPTER 4. PROGRESSOPHOBIA
CHAPTER 5. LIFE
CHAPTER 6. HEALTH
CHAPTER 7. SUSTENANCE
CHAPTER 8. WEALTH
CHAPTER 9. INEQUALITY
CHAPTER 10. THE ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 11. PEACE
CHAPTER 12. SAFETY
CHAPTER 13. TERRORISM
CHAPTER 14. DEMOCRACY
CHAPTER 15. EQUAL RIGHTS
CHAPTER 16. KNOWLEDGE
CHAPTER 17. QUALITY OF LIFE
CHAPTER 18. HAPPINESS
CHAPTER 19. EXISTENTIAL THREATS
CHAPTER 20. THE FUTURE OF PROGRESS
PART III: REASON, SCIENCE, AND HUMANISM
CHAPTER 21. REASON
CHAPTER 22. SCIENCE
CHAPTER 23. HUMANISM
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX
LIST OF FIGURES
4-1: Tone of the news, 1945–2010
5-1: Life expectancy, 1771–2015
5-2: Child mortality, 1751–2013
5-3: Maternal mortality, 1751–2013
5-4: Life expectancy, UK, 1701–2013
6-1: Childhood deaths from infectious disease, 2000–2013
7-1: Calories, 1700–2013
7-2: Childhood stunting, 1966–2014
7-3: Undernourishment, 1970–2015
7-4: Famine deaths, 1860–2016
8-1: Gross World Product, 1–2015
8-2: GDP per capita, 1600–2015
8-3: World income distribution, 1800, 1975, and 2015
8-4: Extreme poverty (proportion), 1820–2015
8-5: Extreme poverty (number), 1820–2015
9-1: International inequality, 1820–2013
9-2: Global inequality, 1820–2011
9-3: Inequality, UK and US, 1688–2013
9-4: Social spending, OECD countries, 1880–2016
9-5: Income gains, 1988–2008
9-6: Poverty, US, 1960–2016
10-1: Population and population growth, 1750–2015 and projected to 2100
10-2: Sustainability, 1955–2109
10-3: Pollution, energy, and growth, US, 1970–2015
10-4: Deforestation, 1700–2010
10-5: Oil spills, 1970–2016
10-6: Protected areas, 1990–2014
10-7: Carbon intensity (CO2 emissions per dollar of GDP), 1820–2014
10-8: CO2 emissions, 1960–2015
11-1: Great power war, 1500–2015
11-2: Battle deaths, 1946–2016
11-3: Genocide deaths, 1956–2016
12-1: Homicide deaths, Western Europe, US, and Mexico, 1300–2015
12-2: Homicide deaths, 1967–2015
12-3: Motor vehicle accident deaths, US, 1921–2015
12-4: Pedestrian deaths, US, 1927–2015
12-5: Plane crash deaths, 1970–2015
12-6: Deaths from falls, fire, drowning, and poison, US, 1903–2014
12-7: Occupational accident deaths, US, 1913–2015
12-8: Natural disaster deaths, 1900–2015
12-9: Lightning strike deaths, US, 1900–2015
13-1: Terrorism deaths, 1970–2015
14-1: Democracy versus autocracy, 1800–2015
14-2: Human rights, 1949–2014
14-3: Death penalty abolitions, 1863–2016
14-4: Executions, US, 1780–2016
15-1: Racist, sexist, and homophobic opinions, US, 1987–2012
15-2: Racist, sexist, and homophobic Web searches, US, 2004–2017
15-3: Hate crimes, US, 1996–2015
15-4: Rape and domestic violence, US, 1993–2014
15-5: Decriminalization of homosexuality, 1791–2016
