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Steven Pinker on The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker on The Better Angels of Our Nature
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Length:
90 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2014
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Podcast episode
Description
We launch our first podcast of the year today – our 2011 talk by the world renowned American cognitive scientist Steven Pinker. In it he argues that, contrary to popular belief, we are living in the least violent period of history. And that even the horrific carnage of the last century, compared to primitive societies, is part of this trend. Pinker claims that, thanks to the spread of government, literacy and trade, we are actually becoming better people. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Jan 10, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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