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**envenonearo** · 06-11-2011, 03:17 AM

We had Steve Pinker as recommended reading in a Landmark Course, and I just read an excellent article about him in Scientific American regarding his views on the history of violence in the world:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...human-violence

The short version: contrary to the views of most people, we live in a time when the incidence of human violence is at its lowest ebb in history. It's an excellent antidote to hell-in-a-handbasket style pessimism about humanity that I sometimes find myself falling into. Anyone else reading Pinker?

06-11-2011, 03:17 AM	#1
envenonearo Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 464 Senior Member	Steve Pinker We had Steve Pinker as recommended reading in a Landmark Course, and I just read an excellent article about him in Scientific American regarding his views on the history of violence in the world: http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...human-violence The short version: contrary to the views of most people, we live in a time when the incidence of human violence is at its lowest ebb in history. It's an excellent antidote to hell-in-a-handbasket style pessimism about humanity that I sometimes find myself falling into. Anyone else reading Pinker?
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