improvements are getting to be global. That is even less appreciated than the things that you can

remind yourself off that you may have taken for granted, like we've got, you know, hot and cold

running water. But the idea that more and more people in India and Bangladesh and Indonesia

and Nigeria and Ethiopia have hot and cold running water.

That's something that people don't even know.

It's not even that they were spoiled and they take it for granted.

They just don't even know that that's a fact.

Welcome to the Mona Charon Show.

So glad you could join me today.

My guest today is Stephen Pinker, who is a professor at Harvard, author of many books on very key subjects. One might even say magisterial works

that have been highly influential in our culture.

And so, Professor Pinker, thank you so much for joining me today.

Thank you for having me.

A few months ago, Marco Rubio spoke at the Munich Security Conference.

And his speech made me think of you.

He was lecturing our European allies, if they are still our allies, about our shared history and urging that we square our shoulders and express pride in our civilization.

He said, quote, we are bound to one another by the deepest bonds that nations

could share, forged by centuries of shared history. And he went on, he talked a lot about God,

and he talked a lot about the vaulted ceilings of the Sistine Chapel and the spires of the

Great Cathedral of Cologne. He mentioned Mozart and Beethoven,

Michelangelo and Da Vinci.

Nothing wrong with those people.

...