Notes

How much of our modern improvements were started by the enlightenment?

While I generally agree with most of his points, sometimes it feels like he pushes too far. Some of his examples or arguments do not feel fully convincing to me.

For this excerpt, does he account for the change over time of what is needed to live a modest working life? For example, maybe cars are more required to live well in 2015 than in 1965? I’m not certain, but he doesn’t address this. He also uses smartphones and other technological advancements to argue that being poor is very different now than it used to be. While true, it runs the risk of sounding cold against the suffering that still exists in poverty.

Some examples of a potentially over-rosy perspective:

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