Taming the devil within us

Steven Pinker ()
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Steven Pinker: Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA. This article is adapted from his new book The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and its Causes (Allen Lane, 2011).

Nature, 2011, vol. 478, issue 7369, 309-311

Abstract: We are getting smarter, and as a result the world is becoming a more peaceful place, says Steven Pinker.

Date: 2011
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