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Same could be said in 1913. It is probably true in the long term, but local maximas of human suffering are no joke.

• iQuercus 11y ago
  Even into the summer of 1914, post-assassination, there were articles like this coming up. The fact is we can't predict the future. Just because less people are dying in battle today doesn't mean 180,000,000 won't die in one year in a possible war in the near future.
• mcphage 11y ago
  The point isn't that things can't get worse—it's that there's a strong media message that things are really bad right now, and that isn't supported by the evidence.
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