NEW YORK – Good news not only sells less well than bad news, but also often seems harder to believe. Reaction to Harvard psychologist Stephen Pinker’s majestic new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, is a case in point.
纽约——好消息不仅在传播速度上不如坏消息，而且通常似乎相信起来也更加困难。哈佛心理学家斯蒂芬·平克宏伟的新著《人类本性中的善良天使》就是很好的例证。