Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Better Angels of Our Nature
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
- Author
- Steven Pinker
- Published
- 2011
- Pages
- 802
- Recommended
- Once
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 saw it: A reply to @SpencrGreenberg’s question on X, June 5, 2025 — “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/spencrgreenberg/status/1930639380424577198
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.