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Have you read Sapiens by any chance? If yes how does it compare with this book?

I read both of them. Sapiens is more interesting in my opinion.

No wonder why Gates said "The Better Angels of Our Nature," was his all time favourite :)

I'm also a fan of Pinker's books, but stopping to consider valuable when he writes the preface or recommends a book. I've got 2 terrible flops reading his recommendations. It looks like he'd recommend any friend that ask him.

So torn. I'm generally a Pinker fan, but almost detest Peter Singer's thought to the core. Singer recommending that book makes me really second guess the recommendation. But I respect Bill Gates immensely too.

Maybe the idea that Pinker could write a book so loved by both Gates and Singer is a testament to how good it is?

I've got an idea. Why don't you form your opinion of the work based on its own merits by reading a sample from it?

Or perhaps you have an unjustified ill-informed hatred of Singer, not shared by Gates or Pinker.