Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species’ existence.
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Generosity Gone Wild
The Myth of Increasing Violence
Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species’ existence.
Almost More Beauty Than You Can Bear
“Sacred Earth”: Short time-lapse film of the most beautiful place I know.
After six years of filming some of the most iconic vistas and architecture on the planet, filmmaker Sean F. White combined his footage into Terra Sacra, a visual diary of his travels to some of Earth’s jaw-dropping locales.
Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Natural Beauty
Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Melt Your Blessings
For surrealist pronoiacs only: Salvador Dali appears on the 1950s TV show, “What’s My Line”
Your Daily Minimum Requirement of Amazing Everyday Beauty
Want to Cultivate Pronoia? Expand Your Sense of Wonder
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer.
One Way to Respond to Negativity
Sometimes Pronoia Is Like Petting a Shark on Its Snout
Get Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Pronoiac Pranks Are Good Medicine
Improv Everywhere: The shared experience of absurdity. Bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes that bring people together.
Charlie Todd causes bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes: Seventy synchronized dancers in storefront windows, “ghostbusters” running through the New York Public Library, and the annual no-pants subway ride. At TEDxBloomington he shows how his group, Improv Everywhere, uses these scenes to bring people together.
Get Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Beauty
Wild Strong Brave Yet Fun and Good
A video of people doing amazing things. (You might want to turn down the music, though.)
Zombies Occupy Bank of America in Portland.
The spirit of Abbie Hoffman blesses this action. Put more pranks in your protests, everyone! Time for a Yippie Revival!
To Stoke Pronoia, Express Your Thanks
Another Ordinary Everyday Miracle
Heroes risk their lives to save a motorcyclist beneath a burning car
A motorcyclist who was pinned under a burning car after a collision says he’s grateful for the help of strangers who lifted the vehicle to rescue him.
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