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The author cites many studies and gives compelling evidence. That 10,000 years ago an average human stood between a 15% and 60% chance of dying a victim of mur
by nwatson 17y ago
The author cites many studies and gives compelling evidence.
That 10,000 years ago an average human stood between a 15% and 60% chance of dying a victim of murder or war, and that in modern Europe only ~1 in 10,000 people will face a similar fate (extrapolating from the 1 killing per 100,000 people per year) ... that's huge improvement.
- Retric 17y ago1 killing per 100,000 people per year would be closer to a 5 in 10,000 chance of death by violence. Although if you include auto accidents it's probably a lot higher than that.