Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide by Joshua S. Goldstein Read the newspapers, and you’ll think that war is worse than ever. But as the book “Winning the War on War” shows, the reality is just the opposite. We are in the midst of a decline in armed conflict that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘progress’
At Least Some of Trendy Pessimism Is Based on a Lie
Posted in Books, tagged progress, war on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
People You Don’t Know and Have Never Heard of Are Working to Fix Things
Posted in Articles & Essays, tagged innovation, progress on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Top 11 Social Innovators Saving The World In 2011 McKinsey & Company’s Social Innovation Video Contest highlights innovators who are confronting the world’s greatest challenges and gives participants the chance to publicize their organization and encourage involvement. After receiving nearly 150 videos from 30 different countries, the contest has narrowed down its top entries to [...]
Despite All the Delusional Propaganda You Hear, the Fact Is the Human Race Is Becoming Less Violent
Posted in Books, tagged progress, violence on October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker Many people think we live in the most violent age ever. But this book shows the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia. For most of history, war, slavery, infanticide, child abuse, pogroms, gruesome punishments, and genocide were ordinary features [...]
Believe the Facts About Human Progress, Not the Demagogic Appeals of Irrational Cynics
Posted in Videos, tagged progress, violence on January 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Violence has declined dramatically over the course of history
Pronoia’s Sneaking up on You
Posted in Videos, tagged history, progress on December 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The World’s Amazing Progress in the last 200 Years
