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Steven Pinker on Coordination, Common Knowledge, and the Retreat of Liberal Enlightenment

Pinker and Cowen explore how shared information underpins coordination and institutions across society.

Podcast episodeintermediatecommon knowledgecoordinationdictatorship overthrowgame theoryinformation cascadesliberal enlightenmentSteven PinkerTyler Cowen

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