<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:49:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/pinker/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Is Beauty the Flip-Side of Entropy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Was Damien Hirst trying to colorfully depict the ultimate state of the universe? Source: Damien Hirst w/ Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. Entropy — What is it? If you prefer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196387/@alexanderalexis/is-beauty-the-flip-side-of-entropy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196387/@alexanderalexis/is-beauty-the-flip-side-of-entropy</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexanderalexis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:49:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFc5ntfuipfgTLmysWczwy2xgqE1xFEzdHbpb83ZbWcZuhgJZ738ii9z4A3GV6CbcRCsm76t5U8PwNnzwvzVs8vHkEJ3wo15gvKBFzJpE8ZoHcmNGYAqctMcXadrrWuSJz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peven Stinker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steven Pinker Stephen Kaufman Epstein Docs Tips Appreciated Venmo Support My T-shirt’s (come with sleeves!) Jamie Dlux - PO BOX 30383 - MYRTLE BEACH SC 29588 BITCHUTE PaintbyTiger - Custom Paintings The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/jeffreyepstein/@jamiedlux/peven-stinker</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/jeffreyepstein/@jamiedlux/peven-stinker</guid><category><![CDATA[jeffreyepstein]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jamiedlux]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:09:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e36nxvzPAnXaLcM92R9VNuhLDQU5tHaS5En?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words to live 080]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it's cheaper to buy things than to steal them, people don't steal them @SAPinker]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cheaper/@helices/words-to-live-080</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cheaper/@helices/words-to-live-080</guid><category><![CDATA[cheaper]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[helices]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 13:01:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enlightenment Now    就当我为你读了一首诗吧  --启蒙此刻]]></title><description><![CDATA[平克的英文造诣炉火纯真，他的文字，将语言之美体现得淋漓尽致，我把这段话的引文也放在这里，供你欣赏： Remember your mate: an anecdote is not a trend; Remember your history: the fact that something is bad today doesn't mean it was better in the past; Remember]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steven/@s0rcerer/3wpqc9-enlightenment-now</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steven/@s0rcerer/3wpqc9-enlightenment-now</guid><category><![CDATA[steven]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[s0rcerer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2018 23:25:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enlightenment Now -  启蒙时刻]]></title><description><![CDATA[作为了不起的思想家 平克当然不会给你灌鸡汤 他给的答案 是几句非常美丽的箴言 我由衷的喜欢这段话 一个字都不忍心删节 与你分享他的美好与力量 平克是这么说的： 记住你学过的数学：偶然并非世界的必然； 记住你学过的历史：今天的不满，推倒不出昨天的美满； 记住你学过的哲学：我们无法从理性的角度来否定理性，或者仅仅依靠上帝的标准来判断真善美； 记住你学过的心理学：我们对这个世界知之甚少，不要满足于像大多数人那样浮皮潦草。]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steven/@s0rcerer/enlightenment-now</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steven/@s0rcerer/enlightenment-now</guid><category><![CDATA[steven]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[s0rcerer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2018 23:05:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9DrMwDk8z7nZ4vxWCvENK348KV52qkZYd3LkLiBYUWwEE8B5XLyDUpc5CQHdxcHGNPYjnHWdfGaUn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[PC is Red-Pilling America]]></title><description><![CDATA[Great statement by Dr. Stephen Pinker of all people.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pc/@bernardchapin/pc-is-red-pilling-america</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pc/@bernardchapin/pc-is-red-pilling-america</guid><category><![CDATA[pc]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bernardchapin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2018 18:15:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKAEaKk2668yWkR9JrF5qVJ8rXDvnwBvtuC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enlightenment Now - "Keep the boy in school"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pinker's discussion of child labor in Enlightenment Now is pretty good, but the best part is his reporting on an advertisement for a farm tractor in 1921 that was pitched around the idea that buying a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pinker/@honeybee/enlightenment-now-keep-the-boy-in-school</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pinker/@honeybee/enlightenment-now-keep-the-boy-in-school</guid><category><![CDATA[pinker]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2018 02:15:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNykSW88Jsk82a36aZKBDH1b2ewjYXkJMvVGJAtVQ9hRuBK2Qt5ez3rr1bG9Uk47xk56zefSv4W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enlightenment now]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think Steven Pinker's book The Better Angels of our Nature was a fantastic book and I am very curious about his new book Enlightenment now. The book argues that, while many people are pessimistic, the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steven/@cfvisser/enlightenment-now</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steven/@cfvisser/enlightenment-now</guid><category><![CDATA[steven]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cfvisser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:43:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2EPg4dJqqXnYXLn4rqcNof3UTxYVdxyEe2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth doesn't hurt ... it just is ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listen to the linked video from Harvard scholar Steven Pinker (who wrote the book "The Blank Slate" among others) from at least 1:25 to 3:13 and you will hear him make 4 true statements that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/political/@chrispreilly/the-truth-doesn-t-hurt-it-just-is</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/political/@chrispreilly/the-truth-doesn-t-hurt-it-just-is</guid><category><![CDATA[political]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chrispreilly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2018 20:59:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKAEaKk2668yWkR9JrF5qVJ8rXDvnwBvtuC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mein anglophiles Krokodil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Englisch ist nicht meine Muttersprache; erst in der Schule, in der zweiten oder dritten Klasse, begann ich "spielerisch" (und daher quälend langsam) Englisch zu lernen. Später, zwischen Schule]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@yella.franklin/mein-anglophiles-krokodil</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deutsch/@yella.franklin/mein-anglophiles-krokodil</guid><category><![CDATA[deutsch]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[yella.franklin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2017 17:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHbJiivbVZV6nAA4BJrX2xi1Ybtx4e2ATGBFtfra7A7dnWsG1axduMwMcu7z2E9jd1RWxAWGRu3PFMx8YgNPq2DhUL7pJJSeXidBi1C7JTunKR8ia?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steven Pinker, Good Look at Bad Language]]></title><description><![CDATA[App 2 English – English (free / with ads) based on: “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature” by Steven Pinker Verbs for sex show a curious pattern. The anthropologist Ashley Montagu]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@k1e5/steven-pinker-good-look-at-bad-language</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@k1e5/steven-pinker-good-look-at-bad-language</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[k1e5]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 20:35:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqUbvo2DTJv1i6qm8z4ixTabBTrjodJ3q5LVbicN3grJDRMN6jkpLeGSLmPZ3SkHcr3ziNogorndVBvGx1DX5ZwcKB7x6gXbMQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>