The Better Angels of Our Nature - If Books Could Kill
The Better Angels of Our Nature - If Books Could Kill
This week we're tackling Steven Pinker's 900 page dissection of the reasons why violence, torture and war have declined over the last 10,000 years. Was it an indeterminate mixture of politics, economics, technology and serendipity? Or did so...
Full disclosure: sharing this not having listened to it yet; it is queued up.
EDIT: the first few minutes reveal that this is part 1, so stay tuned for part 2!
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I also love this podcast! Having not yet listened to this episode as well, I'd also like to share this classic History for Atheists pod (w/ references) on some of the things Pinker got wrong: https://historyforatheists.com/2021/09/interview-ted-mccormick-on-steven-pinkers-enlightenment/