Part 1 (Answer from following book ch 3 page 60)
List the dialectic tensions #5-10 from ch.3 of Csikszentmihalyi (starts on p.65). For each one, explain: how does it apply to you?
Of the 12 qualities (two per each dialectic tension :)), which qualities are your strongest assets? Which qualities do you need/want to work on and develop?
Part 2 (Answer from the attached book)
In ch.4-19 Pinker provided statistics to show how science and education improve the life of humans.
a) Has he convinced you that the world is getting better (is moving in the right direction)? Why or why not? This answer requires you to be specific: use numbers, refer to charts, indicate page numbers in your answer.
b) What was more important in this progress – science or humanism? Back up your answer by evidence.
c) Describe each question
In Ch. 4 Pinker invented the word “progressophobia”.
What does it mean?
Do you agree that it exists?
According to Pinker, what are its causes?
What are some ways to avoid it?
overall, you opinion of ch.4?
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