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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller
Discover the uncommon truth about common knowledge in Steven Pinker’s revealing dive into human behavior in all its intricacies — and how the choices we make or don’t make influence the way we connect with others and understand the world.
From one of the world’s most celebrated intellectuals, a brilliantly insightful work that explains how we think about each other’s thoughts about each other’s 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 is necessary for coordination, for mak...
Common knowledge is necessary for coordination, for mak...