Steven Pinker
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So the title of the book is When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... And there's a story behind that.
The subtitle is Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life.
And I can explain all of those things.
Leave anything out there.
That is, that's a title.
I'm sure you'll get there.
Of course.
Absolutely.
Of course.
Now I want to hear the story behind this title, because that's a lot.
Okay, so common knowledge in the technical sense refers to the situation where I know something, you know it, I know that you know it, you know that I know it, I know that you know that I know it, ad infinitum.
So it's when everyone knows that everyone knows, and the dot, dot, dot is essential.
I had to fight with my editor.
He says, oh, it'll screw up the computer listings on Amazon.
That's the infinity.
Yes, yes.