• Author: Steven Pinker
  • Date: 2018
  • Publisher: Allen Lane, Penguin
  • ISBN: 978-0241004319

Overview: A round up of the progress made as a result of Enlightenment thinking.

The areas of progress he looks at are; life, health, sustenance, wealth, inequality, environment, peace, safety, terrorism, democracy, equal rights, knowledge, quality of life, happiness. Has been criticised for being selective with the data. 

Relevance: When looking at how to improve things it is still necessary to acknowledge that, in the affluent west, we have lived at one of the best ever times to be alive.