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The decline of violence

Steven Pinker’s new book argues that the modern world is more peaceful, not less

By Leon Neyfakh

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  September 25, 2011

Bad as things may seem, the modern world is actually getting more peaceful. Harvard’s Steven Pinker set out to discover why.

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