Pinker on Foreground Humhttps://foregroundhum.uk/tags/pinker/Recent content in Pinker on Foreground HumHugo -- 0.152.2en-gbWed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000The Curse of Knowledge: Steven Pinker’s Science of Good Writinghttps://foregroundhum.uk/posts/curse_of_knowledge/Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://foregroundhum.uk/posts/curse_of_knowledge/Why so much writing is unreadable, what Steven Pinker thinks we’re doing wrong, and how the curse of knowledge, abstraction, and rhythm sabotage clarity. A practical guide to better prose, rooted in cognitive science and style.