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An 'Impatient Optimist,' Gates Champions Steven Pinker's Case That the World Is Improving
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Bill Gates calls himself an 'impatient optimist,' and few books capture his worldview like Steven Pinker's data-driven arguments that human life has steadily improved. Gates declared Pinker's 'Enlightenment Now' (2018) his 'new favorite book of all time,' and the year before had given every U.S. college graduate who wanted one a free digital copy of Pinker's 'The Better Angels of Our Nature,' calling it the most inspiring book he'd read. His evangelism for measurable human progress underpins how he frames the Gates Foundation's mission.
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/29/bill-gates-new-favorite-book-enlightenment-now-by-steven-pinker.html
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