Steven Pinker - With violence, as with so many other concerns, huma

With violence, as with so many other concerns, human nature is the problem, but human nature is also the solution.

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Pinker, Steven. The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Viking, 2011.

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About the Author

Steven Pinker

Born: September 18, 1954
Nationality: Canadian, American
Profession: Scientist

Biography

Steven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.

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