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A review by jenibo
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker
3.0
Relentlessly detailed and well argued, this was rather too intricate a tracing of human history and psychology; if I were a more interested reader of history it might have suited me down to the ground.
The author is meticulous in his data analysis and survey, producing some absolutely fascinating graphs and facts and figures of the types and motivations of violence through different types of political systems and societies.
I didn't really need all the proving of our violent past, so skimmed a lot, looking at the amazing metadata graphs, until I got to the end arguments, which were compelling, enduring and cautiously optimistic.
The author is meticulous in his data analysis and survey, producing some absolutely fascinating graphs and facts and figures of the types and motivations of violence through different types of political systems and societies.
I didn't really need all the proving of our violent past, so skimmed a lot, looking at the amazing metadata graphs, until I got to the end arguments, which were compelling, enduring and cautiously optimistic.