When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows . . .: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life - Hardcover

Steven Pinker studies common knowledge: what happens when we all know something, and we all know that we all know it. Applied to money, power, taboos, and everyday logic.

This is a book about coordination, cooperation, and the strange cascade effects of shared understanding. Why do we blush? Why do rituals work? How do taboos function? Pinker applies the concept to real scenarios. It's a work of intellectual curiosity and clarity.

Philosophy, economics, sociology, and psychology all find this useful. It's the kind of book that explains why we do what we do.

DETAILS
- Author: Steven Pinker
- Hardcover
- On common knowledge and social life
- Philosophy and social science