Monthly Archives: August 2014
The decline of war as a cause of human mortality
With recent events in Iraq, Syria, Gaza and parts of Africa, and shortly after the century in which millions were killed Stalin, Hitler, and Mao, Steven Pinker’s claim that the human impact of war and conflict has been diminishing may … Continue reading
The long-term decline of violence and global homicide rates
I have just finished reading Steven Pinker’s book “ The Better Angels of our Nature: why violence has declined”. This very large book (802 pages) is an ambitious and serious attempt to show that violence in all its forms (nonfatal, … Continue reading
Posted in Global health trends, World Health Organization
Tagged global health statistics, homicide, violence
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