The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined

“If I could give every one of you a graduation exhibit, it would be this—the most motivating book I’ve ever read.”
—Bill Gates (May, 2017)

A provocative history of violence—from the New York Times top rated writer of The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate, and Enlightenment Now.

Believe it or not, today we might live in the most tranquil minute in our species’ presence. In his holding and dubious new work, New York Times top of the line creator Steven Pinker demonstrates that regardless of the perpetual news about war, wrongdoing, and fear based oppression, savagery has really been in decrease over extended lengths of history. Detonating legends about mankind’s characteristic savagery and the scourge of innovation, this eager book proceeds with Pinker’s investigation of the substance of human instinct, blending brain research and history to give a surprising photo of an undeniably edified world.