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A common way to get riled up about your favorite cause is to point to the state of the world and say "See? Look how bad things are." Pinker's argument will thus
by _greim_ 12y ago
A common way to get riled up about your favorite cause is to point to the state of the world and say "See? Look how bad things are." Pinker's argument will thus fall into the cross-hairs of almost anyone with a political agenda.
- foobarqux 12y agoIt's the reverse: Pinker's book serves as a justification to ignore or diminish the significance of (western) violence.