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Steven Pinker is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, the author of several magnificent books about the human mind, and one of the most influential scientists on earth. He is also my friend, an occasional mentor, and an advisor to my nonprofit foundation, Project Reason.Steve's new book is The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Reviewing it for the New York Times Book Review, the philosopher Peter Singer called it "a supremely important book." I have no doubt that it is, and I very much look forward to reading it. In the meantime, Steve was kind enough to help produce a written interview for this blog.

I'm genuinely excited today to announce the release of my new book, With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful. As of this morning, it is available in bookstores as well as for shipping online. The book focuses on what I began realizing several years ago is the crucial theme tying together most of the topics I write about: America's two-tiered justice system - specifically, the way political and financial elites are now vested with virtually absolute immunity from the rule of law even when they are caught committing egregious crimes, while ordinary Americans are subjected to the world's largest and one of its harshest and most merciless penal states even for trivial offenses. As a result, law has been completely perverted from what it was intended to be - the guarantor of an equal playing field which would legitimize outcome inequalities - into its precise antithesis: a weapon used by the most powerful to protect their ill-gotten gains, strengthen their unearned prerogatives, and ensure ever-expanding opportunity inequality. This is how I described that development in the book:

Moving ahead of Australian Green Star compliance, One Central Park (OCP) by Ar. Jean Nouvel is an innovative and environmentally ambitious landmark project that takes a broader approach to carbon conscious design and exceeds the highest standards of sustainable residential design. Check it out here…

Luxury home design is all about exclusive and upbeat design reinvention. Agree? Take a peek into the design of one such house in South Mumbai and leave us your views.

'Flexi-office', 'mobile-office'... is part of the new terminology that defines a dynamic on-the-move office setup. Dutch design firm, Abrahams Crielaers designs the first-of-its-kind inspirational workspace in Eindhoven. Check it out...

Architects at Cluster One Creative Solutions Pvt. Ltd design a modern guest house for Balaji Fertilizer employees in Nanded city, without losing out on the essence of a vibrant Indian household. Check out the full story here... https://goo.gl/ewQyg9

Multi-disciplinary design firm, @cluster-one-creative-solutions designs a stand-out abode spanning 3250 sq. ft. in Chandrapur, where a tasteful play of design, patterns, colours and materials that stand out in a neutral envelope, following a theme of contrasts. Read on to know more….

#Madhuban by Manubhai Jewellers is a one-of-a-kind luxury jewellery boutique, which allows the client to try their apparel to match the jewellery they would like to purchase. Read on to know more about how Ornate Projects LLP has envisioned the space…

Team IAnD was curious to know what India's eminent interior designers and architects are looking forward to giving shape to in 2018 and beyond. So, we got the best of the lot to shed light on the dream projects and creative journeys they will embark on. Here's what they had to say…

Internationally acclaimed Ar. Jean Verville presents a diversified production of architecture, installation, and scenography, exploring the possibilities of hybridization between arts and architecture and their impact on the architectural creation process. Check out the architect's sensibilities on indiaartndesign.com

Hong Kong-based @chowtaifook launches their new jewellery boutique providing customers with an interactive shopping experience. Designed by One Plus Partnership Limited, the store follows the theme of celebratory gift boxes in opulent shades of purple. Read on to know more! https://goo.gl/kuJj1z

Matthew Mohr Studios designs 'As We Are', a public art installation that encourages visitors to address identity, gender, lifestyle and culture as they contemplate on a magnified image in their likeness, as well as on portraits of people across ethnicities and gender identities.

The Spatium Interiors designs a 700 sq. ft. boutique #Ease in #Mumbai that turns the conventional retail approach on its head! Take a sneak peek here!

Learning is an on-going process. And especially for children below the age of six, the environment around them is a constant facilitator. Specialist designer for children' spaces, Kajal Gaba throws light on how balance is important and over-indulgence needs to be kept at bay, while designing learning space interiors for children. Check it out here.

The intent and effect of such abuse is that it renders those guaranteed freedoms meaningless. If a population becomes bullied or intimidated out of exercising rights offered on paper, those rights effectively cease to exist.

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