Monthly Archives: August 2014

The decline of war as a cause of human mortality

Posted on August 17, 2014 by

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 →

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The long-term decline of violence and global homicide rates

Posted on August 14, 2014 by

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 →

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