The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity by Steven Pinker

The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity

Steven Pinker

1094 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative slow-paced
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We've all asked, "What is the world coming to?" But we seldom ask, "How bad was the world in the past?" In this startling new book, the bestselling cognitive scientist Steven Pinker shows that the world of the past was much worse. In fact, we may ...

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