Business The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have to think rationally. Steven Pinker 29
Music I suspect music is auditory cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of... our mental faculties. Steven Pinker 22
Art Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual... Steven Pinker 21
Success If crime is going down, you shouldn't be increasing resources for crime prevention. Or you should be taking note of what has worked and concentrate... Steven Pinker 32
Art Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature. Steven Pinker 28
Happiness The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life, liberty... Steven Pinker 45
Natur Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control. Steven Pinker 27
