📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y Freddie Sayers sits down with renowned cognitive psychologist, author, and Harvard Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker to discuss his latest book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... and explore how common knowledge shapes our social, political, and economic worlds. Their conversation delves into the power and pitfalls of collective thinking, the dynamics of cancel culture and censorship, and the Trump administration’s clashes with academic institutions like Harvard. They also consider whether democracy is in decline, if society is losing its shared sense of reality, and whether there’s still reason to be optimistic about the future. Watch it on the UnHerd website: Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 00:00 - 01:40 - Introduction 01:40 - 15:13 - What is common knowledge? 15:13 - 20:40 - The battle between Harvard and Trump 20:40 - 30:52 - Trump, populism and the degradation of norms 30:52 - 44:53 - How to engineer new cultural norms #UnHerd #StevenPinker