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title: Better Angels of our Nature by Steven Pinker
description: "Book of the Month:  “Better Angels of our Nature”, by Steven Pinker"
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# [Better Angels of our Nature by Steven Pinker](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/better-angels-of-our-nature-by-steven-pinker)

 Written by [Tim McCarthy](https://blog.thebusinessofgood.org/author/tim-mccarthy) | Nov 30, 2021 8:09:59 PM

Editor’s note: * I purposely chose this book as a companion to this month’s “News Cyclone” article.  Pinker’s well-supported theory that violence has continually declined over the centuries is a pretty powerful antidote to the media drenching that makes us think that violence is up dramatically.  Punch line: Violence is down, news coverage of violence is up (dramatically).*

 

Favorite excerpt:

In describing the Flynn effect, Pinker says, “an accelerating escalator of reason has carried us away from impulses that lead to violence”

 

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