When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... : Common Knowledge and the Science of Harmony, Hypocrisy and Outrage by Steven Pinker #literature can escape

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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... : Common Knowledge and the Science of Harmony, Hypocrisy and Outrage by Steven Pinker #literature can escapeAs a cognitive scientist, the ultimate subject of Steven Pinkers fascination is how we think about each others thoughts about each others thoughts, ad infinitum. It sounds impossible, but Steven Pinker shows that we do it all the time. This awareness, which we experience as something that is public or out there, is called common knowledge, and it has a momentous impact on our social, political, and economic lives. Common knowledge, Pinker shows, can