Better Angels

[lillibet]

I'm reading Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature, about the progress of world peace to our now remarkably peaceful times. Not that there's not still room for improvement, obviously, but he makes a strong case that in comparison to any earlier time, we live astonishingly peaceful lives. He writes not to engender complacency, but to give

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[lillibet]

I'll look forward to reading it. Like I say, I think the book is not without some pretty serious flaws and I'm only a little ways into it.