Steven Pinker on A brief history of violence

Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.

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Every Thursday: First Lunch and Second Lunch in Room S319.

Mr Andrew O’ Reilly, History Leader