Gray seems to approach his criticism of Pinker from pretty much the same pro-establishment viewpoint, and struggles to make clear the problems. This 2012 artic

Gray seems to approach his criticism of Pinker from pretty much the same pro-establishment viewpoint, and struggles to make clear the problems. This 2012 article by by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson demolishes Pinker's book far better and with fewer words: http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/12/steven-pinker-on-the-alleged-decline-of-violence/ http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/12/steven-pinker-on-the-alleg... I doubt the Guardian will be rushing to publish it though. Gray is much safer.