Pinker's point was that despite this, violence is lower in the modern world. If you can't be bothered to read the article, he did a TED talk too. :-) http://w

Pinker's point was that despite this, violence is lower in the modern world. If you can't be bothered to read the article, he did a TED talk too. :-) http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.html http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_...