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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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.
More Proof the Good News Is Hidden Away from Us
The world is becoming steadily less violent.
Statistics reveal dramatic reductions in war deaths, family violence, racism, rape, murder and all sorts of mayhem.
In his book, [Harvard psychologist Steven] Pinker writes: “The decline of violence may be the most significant and least appreciated development in the history of our species.”
And it runs counter to what the mass media is reporting and essentially what we feel in our guts.
Despite All the Delusional Propaganda You Hear, the Fact Is the Human Race Is Becoming Less Violent
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 of life. But today, these have all dwindled and are widely condemned.
Believe the Facts About Human Progress, Not the Demagogic Appeals of Irrational Cynics
Some of the “Evidence” That Justifies Paranoia Is Just Plain Wrong
Everything you think you know about violence is wrong. Evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker says we’re living in the most peaceful time in the history of the human species.
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