Steven Pinker - The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

October 12, 2011 at the Linda Hall Library.

Steven Pinker is the Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.

Drawing from psychology, history, brain science, war studies, game theory, complexity theory, and popular culture, Dr. Pinker explores where violence comes from, why it has been so common over the course of history, and how we have been slowly bringing it under control.

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[lalithadithyayt]

why is there peace..........we bombed Iraq Afg, need to bomb Iran

[iasedu]

@lalithadithyayt Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran are a small part of the world. And fatalities are as low as ever.

[sulljoh1]

Pinker helps overturns my deeply held ideas (by presenting evidence) with great regularity.

[iasedu]

@sulljoh1 Good :)

[iasedu]

@Pokrokus I don't think you understand, Steven Pinker is not arguing a position, is he collecting and presenting data, he only gives his opinion on the conclusion of what the data show.

[iasedu]

@Trompenburgh Disagreeing with facts isn't that productive.

[lalithadithyayt]

London riots ........... BBM did help tribalism , technology FAIL !

[lalithadithyayt]

he should be addressing the reasons the Levathians fail ...... Collapse of Roman empire and the plunge into dark ages. It would be relevant for USA

[TomFynn]

@TomFynn Nearly forgot: Cool stuff. Thanks for upload!

[TomFynn]

@iasedu Should have been more precise. I was referring to the "War of the Triple Alliance".