Saw this on the Chipotle bag: Steven Pinker’s Two-Minute Case for Optimism
How much of the decrease in violence is due to the increase of wealth (thanks to cheap energy), rather than a positive advancement in people's character? (Although emasculation by capitalism and the state may have had a role in the decrease in violence, I wouldn't see that as a positive advancement.)
Pinker's website
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