The Better Angels of Our Nature
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
| Full title | The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined |
|---|---|
| Author | Steven Pinker |
| Published | 2011 |
| Pages | 802 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Pinker’s long-run statistical case that violence has fallen across every scale of human life, and his account of the pacifying forces — the state, commerce, literacy, empathy, reason. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @SpencrGreenberg — an answer when he asked “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” in his thread, June 2025.
Connections
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Steven Pinker · History · Institutions · Psychology — where this sits in the corpus.
What links here
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