Steven Pinker
Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author known for research on language, cognition, and evolutionary psychology and for books such as The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, The Blank Slate, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and Enlightenment Now.
Books
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1. When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...
Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
This book explains the idea of common knowledge—how people form layered beliefs about what others know and what others know they know—and shows how that shared awareness shapes coordination, social rituals, politics, markets, and everyday interactions. Using clear examples from humor, art, and real-world events, it explores the signals that create or mask common knowledge and how those dynamics produce phenomena like panic buying, viral outrage, diplomatic posturing, and awkward personal moments.
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