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> We live in the most peaceful time in human history. Any actual evidence for this? Or do you just mean the most peaceful for Western countries time in human h
by fdgdasfadsf 10y ago
> We live in the most peaceful time in human history.
Any actual evidence for this? Or do you just mean the most peaceful for Western countries time in human history?
- qq66 10y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/0670022950/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326321583&sr=1-1&tag=reasonmagazineA https://www.amazon.com/Better-Angels-Our-Nature-Violence/dp/...
- fdgdasfadsf 10y agoYeah I thought that would be posted. Steven Pinker's theories only work if you do things like imagine that we live in a world without slavery...
- jhbadger 10y agoPinker reminds me a lot of the Victorian Herbert Spencer. They were both social scientists fascinated by biology and who believed things were just getting better and better. Of course Spencer's fame took a nosedive when the first world war happened (which wasn't predicted at all by his rosy ramblings).