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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows

by Steven Pinker · 2025

Steven Pinker's book about common knowledge, shared awareness, and how public signals shape behavior and institutions.

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Harvard psychologist and public writer on language, mind, violence, and progress.

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Steven Pinker · Cognitive scientist

Documented citation: Steven Pinker explores how shared knowledge shapes our behavior, our institutions, and the way society works.

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Gates Notes · 2025-11-25 · accessed 2026-06-22

Gates Notes presented the title in Gates's 2025 holiday reading list and provided title-specific recommendation context explaining why it belongs on the list.

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