November 2, 2016 Steven Pinker on Language, Reason, and the Future of Violence (Ep. 14 - Live at Mason) Steven Pinker believes deeply in the power of reason to understand the world and ourselves. But can he convince Tyler? Steven Pinker has spent an entire academic career thinking deeply about language, cognition, and human nature. Driving it all, he says, is an Enlightenment belief that the world