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Brisbane: An Evening with Steven Pinker
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Brisbane: An Evening with Steven Pinker


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7:00pm, 5th February 2026


Location

Brisbane City Hall View map

64 Adelaide St, Brisbane City, QLD 4000


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Steven Pinker, the acclaimed Harvard cognitive psychologist and author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now, is coming to Australia for the very first time for a three-city speaking tour.

Across Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, Pinker will explore the forces shaping human progress, the role of reason in our turbulent times, and why optimism is still a rational choice. In a rare live appearance, you’ll experience his ideas firsthand: unfiltered, thought-provoking, and deeply relevant to our shared future.

In a rare live appearance, you’ll experience his ideas firsthand: unfiltered, thought-provoking, and deeply relevant to our shared future.

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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...
Steven Pinker, one of the world's greatest thinkers and bestselling author of Enlightenment Now, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Language Instinct, reveals the power and perils of thinking alike
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