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The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence In History And Its Causes
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“Margulis would be the first to agree that removing the shackles from women and slaves has begun to unleash the suppressed talents of two-thirds of the human race. Drastically reducing violence has prevented the waste of countless lives and a staggering amount of resources. Is it really impossible to believe that we wouldn’t use those talents and
... See more# Why the Past Ten Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
Author: Jonathan Haidt
URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/
Publication Date: 11 Apr 2022
- There is a direction to history and it is toward cooperation at larger scales. We see this trend in biological evolution, in the
... See more Whether the future is better or worse will depend on our actions. Like Girard, Thiel, believes that Western political philosophy cannot cope with global violence.