"Good writing in the 21st century needs clarity," Steven Pinker tells CBC
Steven Pinker was recently interviewed by , host of the CBC Radio show
In this interview Steven Pinker speaks about his most recent publication, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. He cites some examples of both good and bad writing, and details some of the pitfalls that we face when writing and attempting to communicate.
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Montreal-born Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. He taught at MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences until 2003, and was director of their Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience. Pinker writes for such publications as New York Times, TIME, and The New Republic, and is the author of seven popular publications including The Language Instinct (1994) and The Sense of Style (2014). He has been recognized as one of the world’s most influential thinkers, and won numerous awards from the American Psychological Association, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Institution, and more. October 22nd, 2015, Steven Pinker will speak in Montreal on the topic of “The Psychology of Communication in Writing and Teaching".
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