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I wonder about that. If anything, it seems more like we've been quite destructive this past 100 years, from Hitler to the Stalinist purges. I'd love to claim
by Natsu 13y ago
I wonder about that. If anything, it seems more like we've been quite destructive this past 100 years, from Hitler to the Stalinist purges. I'd love to claim there's some modern age of enlightenment, but the fact that there are significant conflicts every few years makes me question that.
- WalterSear 13y agoI think the point made in that TED talk was that the numbers don't add up to that, though.
- Natsu 13y agoThe figures I've seen put us as killing more than all previous generations combined. Granted, this is largely due to there being so many people, but the notion that the people so tormented are a smaller fraction of all people alive is scant comfort. Similar figures note that there are more slaves around (yes, in this day and age) than previously.
- mjklin 13y agoBetter weapons and systems, wielded by a few.
- wikiburner 13y agoHere's the talk referenced by WalterSear - The Surprising Decline in Violence: http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.html http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violen... Seems pretty persuasive.
- Natsu 13y agoSeems like a problem of measurement. Do we care about how many suffer or what percentage of the world population they represent?