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So... a baseless assumption that war is cyclic, despite this being disproven with data in Stevens previous works. The world 200 years ago and the world today i
by jopsen 8y ago
So... a baseless assumption that war is cyclic, despite this being disproven with data in Stevens previous works.
The world 200 years ago and the world today is different.. politics are different and out global community is VERY different.
In fact UN has been pointed to as one of the reasons why we have less war..
- cm2187 8y agoI think nukes contributed a lot more than the UN. Western Europe would have been invaded by the Soviet Union twice otherwise.
- a3n 8y agoThe UN may have contributed in a non-obvious way, as a one-stop-shopping experience for spies. Not knowing your adversaries' capability and intentions can contribute to pre-emptive strikes and invasion. Knowing your adversaries' secrets can lead to "meh, they're not such a threat."
- jopsen 8y agoI don't recall the data supporting this, do you have any? In many ways, being able to say that is also what's cool about Pinkers book. Sure, it doesn't reference all studies ever done, but it does attempt to argue what worked and what didn't.
- DEADBEEFC0FFEE 8y agoIt does however reference all the papers, that he uses.