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Tag Archives: violence
Are We Less Violent Than in the Past?
Steven Pinker is a major modern thinker and atheist, so when I got a paperback copy of his new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, I read it seriously. All 700 pages of it (add another 100 for notes, references, and index).
Could it really be true that human societies are less, rather than more, violent than at previous … Read more
Posted in A Rational Woman
Tagged baby boomers, crime, empathy, human nature, Middle East, optimism, peace, reading, reason, skepticism, Steven Pinker, violence, war
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Why I’d Ban Guns
What I’m about to write is my personal opinion, based on personal experiences. Nothing empirical about it. Every form of media is full of stories about and analysis of America’s gun culture. I’m simply adding my own small bit of reflection.
When I was 12 or so and we lived in Sacramento, my parents would take me target-shooting in a forested area some distance outside … Read more
Posted in A Rational Woman
Tagged altered consciousness, debate, guns, thinking, violence
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