TED Talk Screening: The surprising decline in violence by Steven Pinker

We will be screening a TED Talk - The surprising decline in violence by Steven Pinker

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About the TED Talk:

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.

About Speaker:

Steven Pinker is a professor of cognitive science (the study of the human mind) who writes about language, mind and human nature.