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British Humanist Association Voltaire Lecture 2013 | presented by Steven Pinker – The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity. Chaired by Jim Al-Khalili. London, March 2013
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Steven Pinker on The Better Angels of Our Nature – BHA Voltaire lecture 2013
Excellent lecture. Was there a Q&A?
I very much enjoyed this 🙂 .
Finally uploaded!
power point POWER !!! brilliant lecture anyway 😉
Another factor in reducing violence is the improved and continually improving mode of childcare which generates more empathetic adults in a virtuous circle. See Psychohistory on Wikipedia.
"Those who make you believe absurdities, [would] make you commit atrocities" Voltaire
We should also ask 'why there is peace?' as we ask 'why there is war?',
that is, 'what we are doing right' as well as 'where we went wrong'.
Humanity. Profound.
Shed superstition be humanist
I see the better angels; but where is the Nature? This is not dealing at all with the global sustainability issues. As far as I know, he 2050 demographic transition theory is far from reliable or even equitable. Can someone recommand me good references on such matter please?