To those temped to despair over the state of men's issues, here are the reasons for optimism from Steven Pinker: "What can we expect from the 2020s?"

is_done · 2019-12-29T12:33:14+00:00

Sigh

Egalitarianwhistle · 2019-12-31T06:09:30+00:00

Unrelated questions for u/mewacketergi but why does the promale vanguard dislike this sub so much and especially you.

I have no love lost for them but they called you an "obvious troll." Like are they just dudes who are constantly hangry or what?

mewacketergi · 2019-12-29T01:39:35+00:00

Here is the conclusion:

The reason is that we are not blank slates. The hard-won knowledge that has allowed us to marginalise our superstitions and biases must be relearned every generation in a Sisyphean struggle, never perfectly.

Also, human nature imposes permanent trade-offs among the things we value. People differ in talent and temperament, so even in a fair system they will end up unequal, and what pleases some will inevitably anger others. People are not infinitely wise, so when they are given their freedom, some will use it to screw up their lives, and when they are empowered in a democracy, they may choose leaders and policies that are bad for them. And people are not infinitely selfless. Any policy that makes most people better off will make some people worse off (say, coal executives), and they will not sacrifice their interests for the good of the group.

Yet the fact of progress shows that these trade-offs do not pin us to a constant level of suffering. Knowledge and technology can bend the trade-offs to give us more of each good. Education, a free press and civil society can remind us that the compromises of democracy are better than the alternatives. And (as physicist David Deutsch has noted) problems are inevitable, but problems are solvable, and solutions create new problems that can be solved in their turn.

Title	To those temped to despair over the state of men's issues, here are the reasons for optimism from Steven Pinker: "What can we expect from the 2020s?"
Author	mewacketergi
Upvotes	8
Comments	11
Date	December 29, 2019 1:39 AM UTC (6 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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