The Nature of Nurture…
Monday, June 7th, 2004
What Comes Naturally is Louis Menand’s New Yorker essay on Steven Pinker’s ideas specifically in his book, The Blank Slate.
Menand is a brilliant writer and essayist although so is Pinker and it’s great fun to read a “liberal arts” view of a lay scientific idea.
I read this essay/review when it first came out in 2002 and have read it numerous times since just because Menand is such a fantastic writer. Now that I’ve found it online I can toss my paper copy, oh boy, less paper filing.
