Violence persists, and may be increasing in certain areas but it's definitely less prevalent when viewing in a global sense. One figure that really struk me whe

Violence persists, and may be increasing in certain areas but it's definitely less prevalent when viewing in a global sense. One figure that really struk me when taking a world history class was that the rate of violent death (as in, the percentage of people that died at the hands of other humans) in pre-agricultural societies was estimated to be between 10-20%. In the 20th century, despite two of the most destructive wars in history, the global rate of violent death was estimated to be 1.7 to 1.8% - and this was less than the preceding century.