http://stantonbajek.wordpress.com Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:58:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://stantonbajek.wordpress.com http://stantonbajek.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/pinker-the-myth-of-violence/ http://stantonbajek.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/pinker-the-myth-of-violence/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:52:40 +0000 stantonbajek http://stantonbajek.wordpress.com/?p=36 ]]> Experimental psychologist and author Steven Pinker discusses how violence has diminished over time, contrary to the widespread inclination to believe that humanity’s brutality is on the increase. (Length ~19 minutes.)

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