‘For all his clear thinking, Pinker still doesn’t quite understand how ambiguity and uncertainty, as well as illogicality and cognitive biases, limit the reach of rationality. When he says “we ought to follow reason” (his italics), he lets slip his excessive faith in the power of rationality, as though it is some impersonal authority that simply has to be obeyed. Rather, it is a tool that human beings have to learn to use with care, something this book will help any reader to do.’
Review in the Financial Times