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How Common Knowledge Shapes the World, with Steven Pinker

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0:00STEVEN: Why do you shed tears? I suggest that  they are common knowledge generators. So when   you're laughing, you know you're laughing  because your breathing is interrupted. Oth0:42NEIL: How you doing, Gary? GARY: I'm good. NEIL: Chuckie, baby. CHUCK: That's right. NEIL: How you doing, man? CHUCK: I'm doing great. NEIL: So today, we're talking  about common k0:49GARY: Yes. NEIL: Common knowledge. But  why is that interesting? GARY: If we think about it, we humans have  evolved to be social creatures, and we rely

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How Common Knowledge Shapes the World, with Steven Pinker

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Steven Pinker explains that 'common knowledge'—the state where everyone knows that everyone else knows—is the invisible infrastructure of human society, enabling coordination in money, power, and relationships.summaryHe argues that non-verbal cues like eye contact and laughter serve as 'common knowledge generators' that convert private thoughts into public reality, while euphemisms and 'weasel words' allow people to maintain plausiblsummaryThe breakdown of shared common knowledge due to media silos and segregation is identified as a primary driver of modern societal polarization.summary

Steven Pinker in conversation with Michael Shermer at Live Talks Los Angeles

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Steven Pinker explains that 'common knowledge'—the infinite recursive awareness that everyone knows something—is the foundational mechanism for human coordination, social rituals, and political movements.summaryHe argues that much of social life relies on 'plausible deniability' to avoid generating common knowledge that would disrupt relationship norms, while modern challenges like social media and AI threaten to fragment sharesummaryCommon Knowledge Definition: Common knowledge is not just mutual awareness, but an infinite chain of 'I know that you know that I know.' This structure is necessary for coordination games (like driving on the same side otakeaway