When Everyone Knows That Everyone KnowsSteven Pinker
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows
by Steven Pinker · first published 2025
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Hypotheses about how common knowledge and knowledge of other people's knowledge of common knowledge shape social relations and organizations.
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…Fantasy series, but based on your reading list, here's a couple of books from the boring science genre that I actually finished, so they have to be at least somewhat worthwhile: - Scale (Geoffrey West) - When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows… (Steven Pinker)
on “Ask HN: Books Recommendations?” ↗Steven Pinker's new book: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life https://www.amazon.com/When-Everyone-Knows-That-Knowledge/dp...
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