Hard to measure “peaceful” relative to now in contexts without the structures we have that let us trust each other more. I.e. we don’t need to be constantly pa

Hard to measure “peaceful” relative to now in contexts without the structures we have that let us trust each other more. I.e. we don’t need to be constantly paranoid strangers we run into won’t resolve the same inability to trust dilemma they have with us, by being first to violence. I.e. People could have been generally peace loving, not prone to violence in their familiar communities, but still situationally more provoked beyond those communities. Both more peaceful & more violent isn’t a contradiction.